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ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA IN A 17-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT

PETAR IVANIŠEVIĆ ; Split University Hospital Center, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
ZAVIŠA ČOLOVIĆ ; Split University Hospital Center, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
VALDI PEŠUTIĆ-PISAC ; Clinical Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Split, Croatia
VESELIN ŠKRABIĆ ; Clinical Department of Pediatrics, Split, Croatia
MIRKO KONTIĆ ; Split University Hospital Center, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
ZLATKO KLJAJIĆ ; Split University Hospital Center, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia

Abstract

Anaplastic carcinoma of thyroid gland is one of the four most malignant tumors in humans. It appears in one or two patients per million per year. It is very rare in children. A 17-year-old female patient was admitted to the Clinical Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Split University Hospital Center, for thyroid gland surgery due to rapid growth of a node in the thyroid gland left lobe. Preoperative examination indicated benign nature of changes. Total thyroidectomy with levels VI and VII neck dissection was done. Intraoperative slide of the left lobe was malignant. Positron emission tomography and computed tomography were also done. The finding was negative. The patient was examined by an ENT-oncology team and juvenile radiotherapy was administered. It was found to be carcinoma stage IVa according to TNM classification. One year after the operation, the patient was well and had no signs of illness. This case report is a contribution to the existing but scarce knowledge of anaplastic carcinoma of thyroid gland in young patients in the world.

Keywords

case report; anaplastic thyroid carcinoma; young patients; therapy

Hrčak ID:

165198

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/165198

Publication date:

7.9.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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