2014
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.2036
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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma with diffuse thoracic skin metastasis: A case report

Abstract: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a significantly fatal endocrine neoplasm, with an average survival time of 4–12 months following diagnosis. The present study reports the case of a 57-year-old male patient who presented to the Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital (Istanbul, Turkey) due to swelling in the neck and difficulty swallowing. The jugular mass biopsy results were consistent with a diagnosis of anaplastic thyroid cancer. The patient was regarded to have advanced-stage subcarinal, paratracheal, aortop… Show more

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“…Further regarding metastatic diseases, from our literature revision emerged only retrospective data of 779 patients [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 51 , 52 , 53 ], treated with a multimodality approach ( Table 1 ) and with a median overall survival that ranges from 3 to 28 months.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Further regarding metastatic diseases, from our literature revision emerged only retrospective data of 779 patients [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 51 , 52 , 53 ], treated with a multimodality approach ( Table 1 ) and with a median overall survival that ranges from 3 to 28 months.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Histologically, reported cutaneous metastasis has featured either an epithelioid morphology or an admixture of two cellular morphologies, including sarcomatoid, epithelial or giant cell types . Our present case is the only one to the best of our knowledge to feature an exclusive spindle cell component in the cutaneous metastasis.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 63%
“…Non‐cutaneous sites of metastasis included the lung and bone. Two cases showed skin metastasis without concomitant distant visceral disease . Ninety percent of the reported cases of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma metastatic to the skin had prior history of thyroid cancer.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
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“…On ultrasound they will appear as hypo echoic solid mass and are similar to papillary carcinoma [24] coarse calcifications are often seen [14] . Anaplastic Carcinoma Thyroid [25,26] It is rare tumor (only 2%) typically seen in the elderly and considered as one of the most aggressive tumor of endocrine origin with high mortality rate [26] . On ultrasound they are usually hypo echoic and often encase or invade blood vessels, neck muscles and other adjacent structures.…”
Section: Medullary Carcinomamentioning
confidence: 99%