目的 探讨皮肌炎合并乳腺恶性肿瘤的临床特征、诊治及预后情况。方法 回顾性分析我科自2008年以来收治的3例皮肌炎合并乳腺恶性肿瘤患者的临床资料,就两者关系结合文献进行分析。结果 3例皮肌炎合并乳腺恶性肿瘤患者中2例行乳腺癌改良根治术,病理报告为浸润性导管癌(淋巴结14/21枚转移)和原位癌(淋巴结0/17枚转移,伴4枚癌结节),因术后不能耐受静脉化疗,予内分泌治疗。1例行乳房肿瘤切除术及腋窝淋巴结活检术,2个月后因肺间质病死亡。结论 女性皮肌炎患者易伴发乳腺恶性肿瘤且预后差,对明确诊断为皮肌炎的女性患者有必要进行乳腺恶性肿瘤的筛选。
ObjectiveThyroid nodules are an exceptionally common thyroid disorder. Past studies suggested a possible link between thyroid diseases and breast neoplasms. However, few studies have delved into the causal relationship between thyroid nodules and breast neoplasms. This study conducted a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to further investigate the causal relationship between them. MethodsThis study was conducted using data sourced from genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary datasets. The study focused on thyroid nodules, benign breast tumors, and malignant breast cancers as the research objects, and relevant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected as instrumental variables (IVs). The inverse-variance weighted (IVW) was primarily used to assess the causal relationship between thyroid nodules and breast neoplasms. Cochran’s Q test was employed to detect heterogeneity, while MR-Egger intercept and MR-PRESSO were used to test for pleiotropy. Sensitivity analysis was conducted using the leave-one-out method. ResultsThere was a significant causal relationship between thyroid nodules and malignant neoplasm of breast (OR=0.88, 95%CI 0.83 to 0.95, P<0.01), with no evidence of reverse causality between them (OR=1.01, 95%CI 0.99 to 1.03, P=0.16). No causal relationship was found between thyroid nodules and benign neoplasm of breast, as indicated by both forward MR analysis (OR=0.97, 95%CI 0.89 to 1.06, P=0.51) and reverse MR analysis (OR=0.97, 95%CI 0.92 to 1.04, P=0.40). Sensitivity analyses suggested that the study findings were accurate and reliable. ConclusionThe present study identifies thyroid nodules as a potential protective factor for malignant neoplasm of breast.