Endocrine Abstracts

McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is a rare mosaic disorder caused by a postzygotic activating mutation in the GNAS gene encoding the G protein alpha subunit. Although clinical manifestations may be heterogeneous, MAS is often characterized by the triad of fibrous dysplasia, café-au-lait skin pigmentations and hyperfunctioning endocrinopathy. We report here a 58-year old woman who presented for evaluation of hyperthyroidism, associated with nodular thyroid disease and elevat...

Objectives: Mutations in the DICER1 gene represent driver events in development of pediatric thyroid nodules, malignant as well as benign. The occurrence of these mutations has been reported in differentiated thyroid carcinomas, poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas, non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasms with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTPs), multinodular goiters and follicular adenomas. The aim of this study was to detect mutations in DICER1 g...

Introduction: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a calcitonin-producing tumor that predominantly occurs in a sporadic form (75%) and less commonly in an inherited form. Besides activating germline mutations of the RET proto-oncogene in hereditary syndromes of MEN2, somatic RET mutations are detectable in about 50% of sporadic MTC. Further, also RAS mutations have been discovered in 30% of RET-negative tumor tissues. Other genetic alteratio...

Objectives: Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) together with ultrasonography is a necessary tool for diagnosis and follow up of thyroid nodules. Molecular testing is increasingly used mainly for indeterminate categories of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology revised in 2017. Our aim was to introduce a routine molecular analysis of the main genetic causes of thyroid cancer.Methods: Since 2017 we have analyzed 1171 samples of patients...

Objectives: Molecular testing of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) samples is increasingly used mainly for indeterminate categories of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology. Our aim was to introduce a routine molecular analysis of the main genetic causes of thyroid cancer.Methods: In total, 1354 FNAB samples of thyroid nodules were analyzed. Testing procedures mainly in samples evaluated as Bethesda categories III and above were grad...

Objective: RET fusion genes are known driver mutation in thyroid cancer and have been described mainly in pediatric thyroid carcinomas, in which they represent the most common genetic alteration. In large cohorts of adult patients, RET fusions have not yet been well characterized. The aims of this study were to identify RET fusion-positive thyroid tumors in a cohort of different types of thyroid carcinomas and to correlate them with clinical and hist...

Objectives: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most frequent malignant endocrine disease and the most common genetic cause of the PTC is the substitution c.1799T>A (p.V600E) in the BRAF gene (35-70% of PTC) that represents more than 95% of BRAF mutations. Other rare mutations in the BRAF gene include other substitutions (e.g. p.K601E), small deletions or insertions close to codon 600. The aim was to analyze a large cohort of thyroid nodules...

ObjectivesRearrangement involving one of the neurotrophic-tropomyosin receptor kinase (NTRK) genes belonging to the NTRK family represents a significant oncogenic event in thyroid cancer (TC). Recently, there has been a growing interest in testing and characterizing NTRK fusion genes because they are therapeutically targetable. This study aimed to determine a frequency, clinical and histopathological features of a large cohort ...

Objectives: RET fusion genes are known driver mutations in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) and have been described mainly in pediatric PTCs, in which they represent the most common genetic alteration. The aims of this study were to identify RET fusion genes in PTCs (from pediatric as well as adult patients), to correlate them with clinical and histopathological features and to determine the prognostic significance of RET fusion genes based on lon...

Objectives: Variants in the EIF1AX gene have been reported in malignant as well as benign thyroid nodules and their clinical significance is still unclear due to their low prevalence. The aim of this study was to identify EIF1AX variants in a large cohort of different types of thyroid nodules and to correlate them with clinical and pathological data.Methods: The study consisted of 904 thyroid nodule samples. The cohort included 577 papi...