1. Primary Thyroid Angiosarcoma with Tracheal Invasion
- Author
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Eun-Jae Chung, Seong-Jin Cho, Yousang Ko, Yong Bum Park, So Young Park, Young Soo Rho, Eun Kyung Mo, Haemi Oh, Kyung Up Kim, Hee Su Park, Jae Kyun Choi, Soo Yoon Moon, and Ji Young Woo
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Hemoptysis ,Thyroid Angiosarcoma ,Tumor resection ,Hemangiosarcoma ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Bronchoscopy ,Biopsy ,Internal Medicine ,Medicine ,Humans ,Neoplasm Invasiveness ,Thyroid Neoplasms ,neoplasms ,Pathological ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,respiratory system ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Trachea ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Otorhinolaryngology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,Radiology ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Blood vessel - Abstract
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.
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- 2016