Metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting with elevated serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9): a case report

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Kihara Minoru,Miyauchi Akira,Hirokawa Mitsuyoshi,Fujishima Makoto,Masuoka Hiroo,Higashiyama Takuya,Onoda Naoyoshi,Ito Yasuhiro,Miya Akihiro

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Abstract Background The major sites of distant metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are the lung and bone; metastasis to the liver is rare. Although the postoperative serum thyroglobulin (Tg) level after total thyroidectomy is a good prognostic indicator for PTC when anti-thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) is negative, the presence of TgAb interferes with the Tg assay, making serum Tg levels unreliable. Here we report a case of liver metastasis of PTC that presented with elevated serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), which is usually a serum marker of pancreatic and gastrointestinal neoplasias. Case presentation A 69-year-old man was diagnosed with PTC and underwent total thyroidectomy 16 years ago. The patient’s serum Tg levels increased progressively during follow-up and his serum TgAb was negative. Positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) revealed metastases of the lung, cervical spine, mediastinum and liver. The liver lesion was a solitary tumor measuring 4.0 cm in the greatest dimension. His serum CA19-9 level was very high (326 U/mL), and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma was suspected from the results of various examinations including gastrointestinal endoscopic imaging and CT. Laparoscopic partial liver resection for segment 4 was performed. The histopathological diagnosis was a metastatic liver tumor from PTC. The immunohistological examination revealed that the liver tumor was positive for CA19-9 and Tg. The primary PTC, recovered from paraffin-embedded specimen, was also positive for CA19-9. After the surgery, his serum CA19-9 level as well as serum Tg level markedly decreased. Conclusions We presented the first reported case of liver metastasis of a PTC presenting with elevated serum levels of CA19-9 after total thyroidectomy. This case suggests that the serum CA19-9 levels may serve as a surrogate marker for PTC in place of the serum Tg level in patients with positive serum TgAb if the PTC and/or the metastatic lesions are positive for CA19-9 staining.

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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