Advanced Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma with Thyroid Invasion Mimicking Thyroid Cancer Treated with Definitive Radiation: Case Report and Review of the Literature

A 54-year-old female patient, a breast cancer survivor and a case of unresectable adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea, with thyroid invasion, presented with suprasternal neck swelling mimicking thyroid primary. A literature search was undertaken to highlight this rare presentation. There have be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Al Khatib, Sondos, Asha, Wafa, Khzouz, Omar, Barakat, Farid, Khader, Jamal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5582503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28878654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000479225
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Sumario:A 54-year-old female patient, a breast cancer survivor and a case of unresectable adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea, with thyroid invasion, presented with suprasternal neck swelling mimicking thyroid primary. A literature search was undertaken to highlight this rare presentation. There have been few reports in the literature describing tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma involving the thyroid.

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