Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology · 2023
Utility of parathyroid hormone immunocytochemistry in fine needle aspiration diagnosis of parathyroid tissue.
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Sardana Ruhani, Abi-Raad Rita, Adeniran Adebowale J, Cai Guoping
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OBJECTIVE: The cytomorphological features of parathyroid tissue (PTT) may overlap with those of thyroid lesions, thus posing a diagnostic challenge. In this retrospective study, we reviewed our institutional experience in using parathyroid hormone (PTH) immunocytochemistry (ICC) to substantiate the diagnosis of PTT on fine needle aspiration (FNA).
METHODS: Our pathology database was searched for FNA cases in which PTH ICC was performed between 1 January 2015 and 31 March 2022. PTH ICC was performed on a ThinPrep slide in cases with a clinical suspicion of PTT or with cytomorphological features raising the possibility of PTT. Patients' clinicopathological characteristics, PTH ICC results, cytological diagnoses, and surgical follow-ups, if available, were reviewed and analysed.
RESULTS: The study cohort included 103 cases clinically designated as thyroid (n = 85, 82.5%), parathyroid (n = 11, 10.7%) and neck soft tissue (n = 7, 6.8%). PTH immunostaining was negative, positive, and indeterminate in 53 (51.5%), 27 (26.2%), and 23 (22.3%) cases, respectively. Surgical follow-up was available in 27 (26.2%) cases, including 17 thyroid lesions and 10 PTT cases. All positive PTH cases were confirmed to be PTT, while all but one of the negative PTH cases were non-PTT on follow-up. The calculated sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were 85.7%, 100%, 100% and 93.3%, respectively.
CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates that PTH ICC performed on additional ThinPrep slides is a valuable adjunct test in FNA samples with a differential diagnosis of PTT vs non-PTT. Low cellularity may be a limiting factor in the accurate assessment of PTH by ICC.
METHODS: Our pathology database was searched for FNA cases in which PTH ICC was performed between 1 January 2015 and 31 March 2022. PTH ICC was performed on a ThinPrep slide in cases with a clinical suspicion of PTT or with cytomorphological features raising the possibility of PTT. Patients' clinicopathological characteristics, PTH ICC results, cytological diagnoses, and surgical follow-ups, if available, were reviewed and analysed.
RESULTS: The study cohort included 103 cases clinically designated as thyroid (n = 85, 82.5%), parathyroid (n = 11, 10.7%) and neck soft tissue (n = 7, 6.8%). PTH immunostaining was negative, positive, and indeterminate in 53 (51.5%), 27 (26.2%), and 23 (22.3%) cases, respectively. Surgical follow-up was available in 27 (26.2%) cases, including 17 thyroid lesions and 10 PTT cases. All positive PTH cases were confirmed to be PTT, while all but one of the negative PTH cases were non-PTT on follow-up. The calculated sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were 85.7%, 100%, 100% and 93.3%, respectively.
CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates that PTH ICC performed on additional ThinPrep slides is a valuable adjunct test in FNA samples with a differential diagnosis of PTT vs non-PTT. Low cellularity may be a limiting factor in the accurate assessment of PTH by ICC.