Metastasis of Dermatofibrosarcoma from the Abdominal Wall to the Thyroid Gland: Case Report

Metastases in the thyroid gland are very rare. Even the rarer are sarcoma metastases. A 52-year-old woman was referred to our department for evaluation of a nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid gland. She had a history dermatosarcoma of the abdominal wall with known metastasis in the lung. Clinic...

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Published inCase Reports in Medicine Vol. 2012; no. 2012; pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Kreze, Alexander, Zápotocká, Andrea, Urbanec, Tomáš, Koskuba, Jiří, Pura, Mikuláš, Vítek, Pavel, Praženica, Pavol, Traboulsi, Eva
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Limiteds 01.01.2012
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Summary:Metastases in the thyroid gland are very rare. Even the rarer are sarcoma metastases. A 52-year-old woman was referred to our department for evaluation of a nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid gland. She had a history dermatosarcoma of the abdominal wall with known metastasis in the lung. Clinically she had neck pain and worsened swallowing. Objective assessment (ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance) indicated a voluminous right lobe nodule with mechanical syndrome, and a fine-needle aspiration biopsy revealed a very suspicious malignant finding. After surgery, the diagnosis was metastasis of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. Subsequent treatment was radio- and chemotherapy.
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Academic Editor: Jahn M. Nesland
ISSN:1687-9627
1687-9635
DOI:10.1155/2012/659654