Calcification Patterns in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma are Associated with Changes in Thyroid Hormones and Coronary Artery Calcification.
Jeonghoon HaJeongmin LeeKwanhoon JoJeong-Sun HanMin-Hee KimChan Kwon JungMoo Il KangBong Yeon ChaDong-Jun LimPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2018)
Recent studies suggested that a lower serum thyroid hormone level is associated with more vascular calcification. However, it has been rarely evaluated whether lower thyroid hormone levels affect the calcification of thyroid cancer and there is a relationship between calcification patterns of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and coronary artery calcification (CAC). The study was divided into two groups: First, we retrospectively reviewed 182 PTC patients and examined the correlation between PTC calcification patterns and CAC by coronary computed tomography (CT). Second, the correlation between the calcification pattern of PTC and thyroid hormone concentration was investigated (n = 354). The calcification pattern of PTC was evaluated by thyroid ultrasonography and classified into four groups: no-calcification, microcalcification, macrocalcification, and mixed-calcification. In PTC patients with microcalcification and mixed calcification, more CAC was observed and coronary calcium score (CCS) was higher. Lower free T4 and higher thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels were associated with microcalcification and mixed calcification, not with macrocalcification and no calcification. PTC with microcalcification and mixed calcification showed more aggressive phenotypes like lymph node metastasis and more advanced TNM (tumor, node, and metastasis) stage than those with no calcification and macrocalcification. Calcification patterns of PTC showed close association with thyroid hormone levels and CAC. Further research is needed to determine how these findings are related to cardiovascular risk and disease-specific mortality.
Keyphrases
- chronic kidney disease
- end stage renal disease
- coronary artery
- computed tomography
- lymph node metastasis
- lymph node
- squamous cell carcinoma
- magnetic resonance imaging
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary artery
- cardiovascular disease
- magnetic resonance
- type diabetes
- high resolution
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- ejection fraction
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- risk factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- cardiovascular events
- single molecule
- aortic stenosis