Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma in a Maltese Dog

말티즈 개에서 발생한 갑상선수질암

  • Hyun, Hee-Jin (College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Jeju National University) ;
  • Jung, Soo-Kyo (College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Jeju National University) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Hoon (College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Jeju National University)
  • 현희진 (제주대학교 수의과대학, 수의과학연구소) ;
  • 정수교 (제주대학교 수의과대학, 수의과학연구소) ;
  • 김재훈 (제주대학교 수의과대학, 수의과학연구소)
  • Accepted : 2014.10.07
  • Published : 2014.10.31

Abstract

An 11-year-old, 2.67 kg female Maltese dog with 3 weeks history of palpable cervical mass near trachea was submitted to a local animal hospital. Radiography and ultrasonography showed radiopaque mass adjacent trachea and vagus nerve. Surgically excised mass was solitary and approximately $3.5{\times}2{\times}0.8cm$ in size. Histopathologically, there were large neoplastic foci admixed with normal thyroid tissues. These neoplastic foci were composed of small to large packets of the neoplastic cells with plasmacytic morphology, and these packets were divided by fine fibrovascular septa. Immunohistochemically, most neoplastic cells in the thyroid mass showed positive reactions for cytokeratin (AE1/AE3), chromogranin A, neuron specific enolase (NSE) and the negative reaction for vimentin. Based on the gross, histopathologic and immunohistochemical characteristics, this dog was diagnosed as medullary thyroid carcinoma.

11세령, 체중 2.67 kg, 암컷 Maltese의 기관 인근 경부에서 3주 전부터 종괴가 촉진되어 동물병원에 내원하였으며, 방사선 및 초음파 검사 결과 기관 및 미주신경 주위에 불투과성의 종괴가 확인되었다. 외과적으로 절제된 단일한 종괴의 크기는 $3.5{\times}2{\times}0.8cm$였다. 병리조직학적으로 큰 종양 병소가 정상 갑상선 조직과 혼재되어 있었다. 종양 병소는 형질세포와 같은 형태를 보이는 종양세포들이 모여 있는 다양한 크기의 소포로 구성되어 있고, 이 소포들은 미세한 섬유혈관중격에 의해 구획되어 있었다. 종양세포들은 인근 결합조직과 피막으로 침습하는 경향을 나타내었다. 면역조직화학염색을 실시한 결과 종양세포들은 사이토케라틴(AE1/AE3), 크로모그래닌 A, 신경원 특이 에놀라제(NSE)에 대하여 강한 양성 반응을, vimentin에는 음성 반응을 보이고 있었다. 육안병변, 병리조직학적 및 면역조직화학 염색의 특징을 토대로 본 증례는 갑상선수질암으로 진단되었다.

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