endosergЭндокринная хирургияEndocrine Surgery2306-35132310-3965Типография «Печатных дел Мастер»10.14341/serg9977endoserg-9977Research ArticleНаучный обзорReviewДиагностика новообразований щитовидной железыDiagnosis of thyroid neoplasms: state of the art on 2018https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0617-7312КачкоВера АлександровнаKachkoVera A.

аспирант кафедры эндокринологии и диабетологии

Phd student

VeraF246@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-4372СемкинаГалина ВикторовнаSemkinaGalina V.

аспирант

Phd student

stefana86@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6388-1544ПлатоноваНадежда МихайловнаPlatonovaNadezhda M.

д.м.н., главный научный сотрудник отдела терапевтической эндокринологии

MD, PhD

doc-platonova@inbox.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-7490ВанушкоВладимир ЭдуардовичVanushkoVladimir E.

д.м.н., главный научный сотрудник отдела хирургии

MD, PhD

vanushko@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8284-9996АбросимовАлександр ЮрьевичAbrosimovAleksandr Yu.

д.м.н., профессор, заведующий отделом фундаментальной патоморфологии

MD, PhD

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В настоящее время во всем мире отмечен существенный рост частоты выявления узловых новообразований щитовидной железы. Узлы в щитовидной железе в возрасте 60 лет имеют около 50% пациентов, и рост диагностированных узловых образований обусловлен в основном расширением применения скринингового ультразвукового исследования щитовидной железы. Повсеместно после ультразвукового исследования как “золотой стандарт” проводится тонкоигольная аспирационная биопсия. Результат цитологических исследований примерно в 10–30% случаев неопределенный. Это сложная проблема для клиницистов, так как большинство таких новообразований оказываются доброкачественными по результатам гистологического исследования. В связи с этим необходимы дополнительные методы дооперационной диагностики, которые помогли бы разобраться в природе образования, снизить количество неоправданных операций и повысить качество лечения пациентов. В последние годы в области диагностики новообразований щитовидной железы произошли существенные изменения, которые мы и рассмотрим в данном обзоре: пересмотр протокола TI-RADS, классификации Bethesda, изменение гистологической классификации и появление новой группы NIFTP. Проводится большое количество исследований в области молекулярной диагностики, рассмотрим возможности использования молекулярно-генетических исследований с диагностической целью и введения данных методов в клиническую практику.

Currently around the world has significantly increased the detection of thyroid nodules. Patients are 60 years old have nodules in the thyroid gland in about 50% of cases and the growth of diagnostics nodules is mainly due to the expansion of the using of screening ultrasound of the thyroid gland. The “gold standard” of diagnosis after ultrasonography remains fine-needle aspiration biopsy, however, approximately 10–30% of cases, cytological result is indeterminate. The indeterminate diagnosis category represents a challenge to clinicians, as most nodules in cases of indeterminate thyroid FNAs are found to be benign in the surgically resected specimens. In this regard, additional methods are needed for pre-operative diagnosis, which would help to understand the nature of thyroid nodules, to reduce the number of diagnostic operations and to improve the quality of patient treatment. In recent years, significant changes have occurred in the diagnosis of thyroid tumors, which we will consider in this review: revision of the protocol TI-RADS, classification Bethesda, change in histological classification and the emergence of a new group of NIFTP. A large number of studies in the field of molecular diagnostics, we will consider the possibility of using molecular testing for diagnostic purposes and the introduction of these methods in clinical practice.

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