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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Department of Pathology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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thyroid carcinoma derived from follicular epithelial cells, poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) ranks between DTC and ATC regarding the degree of differentiation ( 4 ). PDTC was initially proposed as a separate entity by Sakamoto et al. in
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NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Unidade Investigação Patobiologia Molecular, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal
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NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Unidade Investigação Patobiologia Molecular, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal
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Introduction The term poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) was first introduced by Granner and colleagues in 1963, although it was only recognized as a distinct entity by the World Health Organization in 2004 ( 1 , 2 ). In 2006, the
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Introduction Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) is a rare type of thyroid cancer accounting for < 6% of all thyroid malignancies [ 1 ]. Nevertheless, it is the second cause of death from follicular cell-derived thyroid cancer after
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compressive symptoms. The patient had refused surgery on a 6 cm-papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) diagnosed 3 years earlier. Initially, considering the size of the tumor, anaplastic or at least poorly differentiated carcinoma was suspected. Unexpectedly, but
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case of tumor-to-tumor metastasis from a well-differentiated papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) into a benign uterine leiomyoma. Case Presentation We present the case of a 53-year-old female patient with a slow-growing latero-uterine mass on
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remove local tumoral tissue causing tracheal compression and dysphagia. This time, the histologic report found a poorly differentiated follicular thyroid cancer with extension to the periesophageal smooth muscle tissue classified as pT4NxMx. Then, 12
Nuclear Medicine, Radiology Department, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif., USA
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consistent with postsurgical changes and residual disease. There was high FDG activity in multiple lung nodules and a single 1.2-cm right inguinal lymph node, with a maxSUV of 7. The findings were consistent with poorly differentiated papillary thyroid cancer
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common; larger differentiated cancers and poorly differentiated and undifferentiated carcinomas are rare. Table 1 Proposed stages in the development of papillary thyroid carcinoma The chance of progression will be influenced by
Endocrine Tumour Center at West German Cancer Center, Member of ENDO-ERN and EURACAN, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Endocrine Tumour Center at West German Cancer Center, Member of ENDO-ERN and EURACAN, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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University Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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University Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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pathology revealed a poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Additional workup including esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) showed compression of the oesophagus but no oesophageal infiltration by the tumour. A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube was
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Unidade de Investigação em Patobiologia Molecular (UIPM), Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal
Nova Medical School: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Bardet S & French TUTHYREF N etwork . Unusual short-term complete response to two regimens of cytotoxic chemotherapy in a patient with poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma . Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2012 97 3046 – 3050