Primary thyroid squamous cell carcinoma: a challenging management problem.
Joshua AgilinkoTze Jun KuehLouise SmartMuhammad ShakeelPublished in: BMJ case reports (2021)
Primary thyroid squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a rare and highly aggressive cancer. Diagnostic work-up encompasses cervical ultrasonography, tissue biopsy and CT scan. Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are the available treatment modalities. With a mean survival rate of 7 months reported in the literature, our patient is alive 2 years after successful treatment of her advanced primary thyroid SCC with surgery and radiotherapy.
Keyphrases
- squamous cell carcinoma
- locally advanced
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- early stage
- computed tomography
- radiation therapy
- systematic review
- rectal cancer
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- radiation induced
- lymph node metastasis
- dual energy
- surgical site infection
- positron emission tomography
- atrial fibrillation
- magnetic resonance
- free survival
- image quality
- ultrasound guided
- fine needle aspiration
- squamous cell
- combination therapy