Primary Thyroid Angiosarcoma with Tracheal Invasion

A 48-year-old woman was referred to our clinic because she had been experiencing hemoptysis for 1 month. Chest computed tomography revealed a small portion of a thyroid mass was penetrating the trachea. Bronchoscopy revealed a blood vessel covered mass located in her trachea. The presence of a malig...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal Medicine 2016, Vol.55(9), pp.1165-1169
Hauptverfasser: Moon, Soo Yoon, Park, Hee Su, Woo, Ji Young, Choi, Jae Kyun, Oh, HaeMi, Kim, Kyung Up, Rho, Young Soo, Chung, Eun-Jae, Cho, SeongJin, Ko, Yousang, Park, So Young, Mo, Eun-Kyung, Park, Yong Bum
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Zusammenfassung:A 48-year-old woman was referred to our clinic because she had been experiencing hemoptysis for 1 month. Chest computed tomography revealed a small portion of a thyroid mass was penetrating the trachea. Bronchoscopy revealed a blood vessel covered mass located in her trachea. The presence of a malignant tumor was confirmed by a biopsy. The patient was referred to the otolaryngology department for tumor resection and a pathological evaluation identified the thyroid angiosarcoma with tracheal invasion. Angiosarcomas have a poor prognosis, but the patient has not experienced any recurrence two years after surgery. A very rare case of primary thyroid angiosarcoma with tracheal invasion was cured successfully.
ISSN:0918-2918
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DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.55.5447