Thyroid nodules in xeroderma pigmentosum patients: a feature of premature aging
Purpose Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an autosomal recessive disease with defective DNA repair, a markedly increased risk of skin cancer, and premature aging. Reports from North Africa have described thyroid nodules in XP patients, but thyroid nodule prevalence has never been determined in XP patien...
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Published in | Journal of endocrinological investigation Vol. 44; no. 7; pp. 1475 - 1482 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
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Springer International Publishing
01.07.2021
Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | Purpose
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an autosomal recessive disease with defective DNA repair, a markedly increased risk of skin cancer, and premature aging. Reports from North Africa have described thyroid nodules in XP patients, but thyroid nodule prevalence has never been determined in XP patients enrolled in our natural history study at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Methods
We performed thyroid ultrasound examinations on all 29 XP patients examined from 2011 to 2019 and assessed nodule malignancy using the Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System. Thyroid nodule prevalence was also obtained from comparison cohorts. DNA sequencing was performed on thyroid tissue from XP patients who had surgery for thyroid cancer.
Results
Thyroid nodules were identified in 18/29 XP patients (62%). The median age of patients with thyroid nodules in our XP cohort (20 years) was younger than that of three comparison groups: 36 years (California study—208 subjects), 48 years (Korean study—24,757 subjects), and 52 years (NIH—682 research subjects). Multiple (2–4) thyroid nodules were found in 12/18 (67%) of the patients with nodules. Autopsy examination revealed follicular adenomas in 4/8 (50%) additional XP patients. DNA sequencing revealed rare mutations in two other XP patients with papillary thyroid cancer.
Conclusions
XP patients have an increased incidence of thyroid nodules at an early age in comparison to the general population. These finding confirm another premature aging feature of XP. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Authors’ contributions: Concept, Investigation, Writing review and editing: All authors; Software, Visualization, and Writing first draft: SDK, KHK; Resources: JM, DT, CRL, JJD, KHK; Supervision: JM, CRL, KHK; Validation: DT, KHK; Administration: KHK. |
ISSN: | 1720-8386 0391-4097 1720-8386 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s40618-020-01451-x |