Background: Parathyroid cancer (PC) is a rare sporadic or hereditary malignancy whose histologic features were redefined with the 2022 WHO classification. A total of 24 Italian institutions designed this multicenter study to specify PC incidence, describe its clinical, functional, and imaging characteristics and improve its differentiation from the atypical parathyroid tumour (APT). Methods: All relevant information was collected about PC and APT patients treated between 2009 and 2021. Results: Among 8361 parathyroidectomies, 351 patients (mean age 59.0 ± 14.5; F = 210, 59.8%) were divided into the APT (n = 226, 2.8%) and PC group (n = 125, 1.5%). PC showed significantly higher rates (p < 0.05) of bone involvement, abdominal, and neurological symptoms than APT (48.8% vs. 35.0%, 17.6% vs. 7.1%, 13.6% vs. 5.3%, respectively). Ultrasound (US) diameter >3 cm (30.9% vs. 19.3%, p = 0.049) was significantly more common in the PC. A significantly higher frequency of local recurrences was observed in the PC (8.0% vs. 2.7%, p = 0.022). Mortality due to consequences of cancer or uncontrolled hyperparathyroidism was 3.3%. Conclusions: Symptomatic hyperparathyroidism, high PTH and albumin-corrected serum calcium values, and a US diameter >3 cm may be considered features differentiating PC from APT. 2022 WHO criteria did not impact the diagnosis.
Parathyroid Retrospective Analysis of Neoplasms Incidence ({pTRANI} Study): An Italian Multicenter Study on Parathyroid Carcinoma and Atypical Parathyroid Tumour / Gurrado, Angela; Pasculli, Alessandro; Avenia, Nicola; Bellantone, Rocco; Boniardi, Marco; Merante Boschin, Isabella; Giorgio Cal(`(o)), Pietro; Camandona, Michele; Cavallaro, Giuseppe; Cianchi, Fabio; Conzo, Giovanni; D'Andrea, Vito; De Crea, Carmela; De Pasquale, Loredana; Del Rio, Paolo; Di Meo, Giovanna; Dionigi, Gianlorenzo; Dobrinja, Chiara; Docimo, Giovanni; Fam(`(a)), Fausto; Galimberti, Attilio; Giacomelli, Laura; Graceffa, Giuseppa; Iacobone, Maurizio; Innaro, Nadia; Pio Lombardi, Celestino; Materazzi, Gabriele; Medas, Fabio; Mullineris, Barbara; Oragano, Luigi; Palestini, Nicola; Perigli, Giuliano; Pezzolla, Angela; Paolo Prete, Francesco; Raffaelli, Marco; Renzulli, Giuseppina; Rosato, Lodovico; Scerrino, Gregorio; Ilaria Sgaramella, Lucia; Sorrenti, Salvatore; Testini, Carlotta; Veroux, Massimiliano; Gasparri, Guido; Testini, Mario; Study Group, Ptrani. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 2077-0383. - 12:19(2023). [10.3390/jcm12196297]
Parathyroid Retrospective Analysis of Neoplasms Incidence ({pTRANI} Study): An Italian Multicenter Study on Parathyroid Carcinoma and Atypical Parathyroid Tumour
Giuseppe Cavallaro;Vito D'Andrea;Laura Giacomelli;Salvatore Sorrenti;
2023
Abstract
Background: Parathyroid cancer (PC) is a rare sporadic or hereditary malignancy whose histologic features were redefined with the 2022 WHO classification. A total of 24 Italian institutions designed this multicenter study to specify PC incidence, describe its clinical, functional, and imaging characteristics and improve its differentiation from the atypical parathyroid tumour (APT). Methods: All relevant information was collected about PC and APT patients treated between 2009 and 2021. Results: Among 8361 parathyroidectomies, 351 patients (mean age 59.0 ± 14.5; F = 210, 59.8%) were divided into the APT (n = 226, 2.8%) and PC group (n = 125, 1.5%). PC showed significantly higher rates (p < 0.05) of bone involvement, abdominal, and neurological symptoms than APT (48.8% vs. 35.0%, 17.6% vs. 7.1%, 13.6% vs. 5.3%, respectively). Ultrasound (US) diameter >3 cm (30.9% vs. 19.3%, p = 0.049) was significantly more common in the PC. A significantly higher frequency of local recurrences was observed in the PC (8.0% vs. 2.7%, p = 0.022). Mortality due to consequences of cancer or uncontrolled hyperparathyroidism was 3.3%. Conclusions: Symptomatic hyperparathyroidism, high PTH and albumin-corrected serum calcium values, and a US diameter >3 cm may be considered features differentiating PC from APT. 2022 WHO criteria did not impact the diagnosis.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.