Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland

Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the thyroid gland is a very rare entity representing <1% of all primary carcinomas of the thyroid gland with a very poor prognosis. We report a rare case of a 65-year-old woman with SCC of the thyroid gland, emphasizing the postoperative complications and...

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Autores principales: Sapalidis, Konstantinos, Anastasiadis, Iraklis, Panteli, Nicolas, Strati, Titika-Marina, Liavas, Lazaros, Poulios, Christos, Kanellos, Ioannis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25487371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju133
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author Sapalidis, Konstantinos
Anastasiadis, Iraklis
Panteli, Nicolas
Strati, Titika-Marina
Liavas, Lazaros
Poulios, Christos
Kanellos, Ioannis
author_facet Sapalidis, Konstantinos
Anastasiadis, Iraklis
Panteli, Nicolas
Strati, Titika-Marina
Liavas, Lazaros
Poulios, Christos
Kanellos, Ioannis
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description Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the thyroid gland is a very rare entity representing <1% of all primary carcinomas of the thyroid gland with a very poor prognosis. We report a rare case of a 65-year-old woman with SCC of the thyroid gland, emphasizing the postoperative complications and poor prognosis of these patients. Surgical excision of primary SCC of the thyroid gland when possible is the optimal therapy. Chemo- and radiotherapy rarely have place in its treatment as this malignancy has a poor response to chemotherapy and in many cases is radio-resistant. Median survival of these patients is around 6 months.
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spelling pubmed-42587032014-12-08 Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland Sapalidis, Konstantinos Anastasiadis, Iraklis Panteli, Nicolas Strati, Titika-Marina Liavas, Lazaros Poulios, Christos Kanellos, Ioannis J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the thyroid gland is a very rare entity representing <1% of all primary carcinomas of the thyroid gland with a very poor prognosis. We report a rare case of a 65-year-old woman with SCC of the thyroid gland, emphasizing the postoperative complications and poor prognosis of these patients. Surgical excision of primary SCC of the thyroid gland when possible is the optimal therapy. Chemo- and radiotherapy rarely have place in its treatment as this malignancy has a poor response to chemotherapy and in many cases is radio-resistant. Median survival of these patients is around 6 months. Oxford University Press 2014-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4258703/ /pubmed/25487371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju133 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2014. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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