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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mod Pathol. 2020 May 26;33(11):2186–2197. doi: 10.1038/s41379-020-0574-4

Table 2.

Histologic findings and observed fusions in NTRK-rearranged thyroid carcinomas.

Case # Original diagnosis Revised diagnosis Multinodularity Fusion Growth Pattern(s) LVI PNI ETE Margin
1 PTC PTC na EML4-NTRK3 Primary tumor not availablea; brain metastasis was oncocytic forming microfollicles and papillae +
2 PTC PTC + ETV6-NTRK3 Predominantly (90%) follicular with scatted papillae (10%); psammoma calcifications + +st +
3 PTC PTC + ETV6-NTRK3 Predominantly (90%) follicular with scatted papillae (10%); psammoma calcifications + +st
4 PTC PTC + ETV6-NTRK3 Predominantly (70%) follicular with scatted papillae (20%); 10% tall cell; no psammoma calcification + +sm +
5 PTC PTC + RBPMS-NTRK3 Primary tumor not availablea; lymph node metastasis was predominantly (90%) follicular with scatted papillae (10%) + +sm +
6 PTC PTC + RBPMS-NTRK3 Predominantly (90%) follicular with scatted papillae (10%); psammoma calcifications + +st
7 PTC PTC + SQSTM1-NTRK1 Labyrinthine pattern formed by coalescent true and abortive papillae; no psammoma calcification + +
8 PTC PTC + SQSTM1-NTRK3 Insular and oncocytic with scattered microfollicles; increased mitotic activity; no psammoma calcification + +sm +
9 PTC PTC + TPR-NTRK1 Packeted papillae with psammoma calcifications + +st
10 PTC PTC + TPR-NTRK1 Packeted papillae with psammoma calcifications + + +st +
11 PTC SC + ETV6-NTRK3 Microcystic; intracellular and extracellular eosinophilic material; no psammoma calcifications + +sm +

PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma, SC secretory carcinoma, na not available, LVI lymphovascular invasion, PNI perineural invasion, ETE extrathyroidal extension, microscopic or macroscopic, +st present in perithyroidal soft tissue, +sm present in strap muscle.

a

For cases #1 and #5, the histologic slides for the primary tumor were not available for the study, and written reports were reviewed.