ZHONGHUA YANGSHENG BAOJIAN ›› 2022, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (21): 40-43.

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Expression and clinical significance of CK19 and galectin-3 in thyroid papillary carcinoma complicated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis

GAO Dan, WU Ying, FU Xue-lian, LI Shu-lian, LI Hua-min, DONG Xiang-mei, FU Yao*   

  1. Pathological Diagnosis Center, Hongqi Hospital Affiliated to Mudanjiang Medical College, Mudanjiang Heilongjiang, 157000, China
  • Online:2022-11-01 Published:2022-11-01

Abstract: Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of CK19 and galectin-3 in thyroid papillary carcinoma complicated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (PCT-HT). Methods 100 patients with pct-ht treated in Hongqi Hospital Affiliated to Mudanjiang Medical College from August 2017 to August 2021 were selected as the research object and divided into the observation group. Another 100 patients with simple thyroid papillary carcinoma treated in our hospital in the same period were selected as the control group. The clinical characteristics and the expression levels of CK19 and Galectin-3 were compared between the two groups, and the correlation between CK19 and Galectin-3 and PCT-HT was analyzed, the clinical significance of CK19 and Galectin-3 in PCT-HT was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve). Results There was no significant difference in gender, age, tumor diameter and lymph node metastasis between the two groups (P>0.05). There were significant differences in tumor invasiveness, clinical stage and the expression of CK19 and Galectin-3 between the two groups (P<0.05). The proportion of patients with no tumor invasiveness in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group, the proportion of patients with clinical stage I-II was significantly lower than that in the control group, and the proportion of patients with positive CK19 and Galectin-3 was significantly higher than that in the control group; Spearman correlation analysis showed that CK19 and Galectin-3 were positively correlated with pct-ht (r=0.423, 0.539, P<0.05); The area under the diagnostic PCT-HT value curve of CK19 was 89.63, the best diagnostic coloring limit value was 75.73%, the area under the curve of Galectin-3 was 78.89, and the best color limit value was 82.53%. Logistic regression analysis showed that CK19 and Galectin-3 had independent predictive value for PCT-HT (P<0.05). Conclusion Patients with PCT-HT have higher tumor invasiveness and clinical stage, higher number of positive expression of CK19 and Galectin-3, and CK19 immunohistochemical staining area >75.73% and Galectin-3 >82.53% are related risk factors of PCT-HT. Therefore, in clinical practice, pathological examination of thyroid papillary carcinoma can be taken in time for patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis with positive expression of CK19 and Galectin-3, so as to diagnose thyroid cancer early, and take targeted treatment measures.

Key words: papillary thyroid carcinoma, hashimoto's thyroiditis;, CK19, Galectin-3

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