Thyroid anaplastic carcinoma transformed from papillary carcinoma in extrathyroid area

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-292

  Togashi, Shinji ^a   Oka, Kuniyuki ^b   Kanayama, Ryoji ^a   Koyamatsu, Sumiko ^b   Tobita, Tomomi ^b   Yatabe, Yasushi ^c   Matsumoto, Toshiharu ^d   Hakozaki, Hando ^e  

^a Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e FUKUSHIMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branchial cyst; Extrathyroid area; Malignant transformation; Osteoclast like giant cell; Papillary carcinoma; Thyroid anaplastic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; OSTEOCLAST; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; BRANCHIOMA; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KERATINS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OSTEOCLASTS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 4544277358     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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