갑상샘 세침흡인검사에서 SurePathTM 액상세포검사의 임상적 유용성에 대한 연구: 고식적 도말검사와의 비교 및 BRAF 유전자변이검사의 적용 (Clinical Usefulness of SurePathTM Liquid-based Cytology in Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration:Comparison with the Conventional Smear in Diagnostic Efficacy and Applicability of BRAF Mutation Test)

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· 발행기관 : 대한병리학회
· 수록지 정보 : Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine / 45권 / 2호 / 188 ~ 195페이지
· 저자명 : 김욱연, 이상화, 고영신, 임소덕, 김완섭, 한혜승, 설혜실, 오서영, 문원진, 황태숙

초록

Background: Recently, liquid-based cytology (LBC) has been introduced as an alternative to the conventional smear (CS) technique in thyroid fine needle aspiration, due to its diagnostic conve­nience. Methods: We assessed 77 cases of thyroid fine needle aspiration using the SurePathTM method (SP) as LBC and CS via split-sample techniques. BRAF mutation tests were carried out via polymerase chain reaction and pyrosequencing immediately after diagnosis or a delay of more than one year. Results: In a comparison between SP and CS, the rate of concordance between SP and CS was as high as 84.4% (kappa value, 0.754). In comparison with histologic diagnosis, the overall sensitivity was 100% for both. The specificity was 62.5% for SP and 56.3% for CS. Relative to CS, papillary carcinomas on SP slides revealed more accentuated nuclear irregulari­ties, nucleoli, and reduced nuclear size. In contrast to CS, the delayed BRAFV600E mutation test using SP slides after 1-2 years failed. The use of new primers amplifying shorter product size could help the delayed test achieve success. Conclusions: Differences in the diagnostic efficacy of SP and CS were negligible. The failure of the delayed BRAF mutation test on the SP slides might be associated with DNA degradation.

영어초록

Background: Recently, liquid-based cytology (LBC) has been introduced as an alternative to the conventional smear (CS) technique in thyroid fine needle aspiration, due to its diagnostic conve­nience. Methods: We assessed 77 cases of thyroid fine needle aspiration using the SurePathTM method (SP) as LBC and CS via split-sample techniques. BRAF mutation tests were carried out via polymerase chain reaction and pyrosequencing immediately after diagnosis or a delay of more than one year. Results: In a comparison between SP and CS, the rate of concordance between SP and CS was as high as 84.4% (kappa value, 0.754). In comparison with histologic diagnosis, the overall sensitivity was 100% for both. The specificity was 62.5% for SP and 56.3% for CS. Relative to CS, papillary carcinomas on SP slides revealed more accentuated nuclear irregulari­ties, nucleoli, and reduced nuclear size. In contrast to CS, the delayed BRAFV600E mutation test using SP slides after 1-2 years failed. The use of new primers amplifying shorter product size could help the delayed test achieve success. Conclusions: Differences in the diagnostic efficacy of SP and CS were negligible. The failure of the delayed BRAF mutation test on the SP slides might be associated with DNA degradation.

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