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- Title
Carcinoma Showing Thymus-like Differentiation (CASTLE) with Synchronous Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review.
- Authors
Hsu, Yuan-Chin; Hsueh, Chuen; Lin, Wan-Ni; Tsai, Tsung-You; Hung, Shih-Yuan; Lu, Yi-An
- Abstract
Carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE) is a rare malignant tumor that accounts for 0.1%–0.15% of all thyroid cancers. More than half of the patients have tumor extension to adjacent organs, including the recurrent laryngeal nerve, trachea, and esophagus. The diagnosis of CASTLE is based on histology and immunohistochemistry. A 58-year-old female patient complained of hoarseness for one and half years. Right side vocal cord palsy was diagnosed by fiberscopy. Thyroid sonography revealed right thyroid tumors, which were reported to be papillary thyroid carcinoma through FNAC. Total thyroidectomy with central lymph node dissection was performed. Pathologist found 2 isolated malignancy tumors. One patient in the right thyroid lobe had papillary thyroid carcinoma features. The other extrathyroid tumor seemed to be separated from the first tumor and invaded the thyroid capsule. After multiple immunohistochemical studies, PTC synchronous CASTLE was the final diagnosis. Coexisting PTC and CASTLE is very rare. This is the first report to describe a case showing PTC at first, while subsequent pathologic examination revealed the presence of CASTLE in addition to PTC. Since the prognosis of CASTLE is favorable, the treatment is different from other aggressive thyroid cancers, such as poorly differentiated or anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.
- Subjects
THYROID gland tumors; RADIOTHERAPY; PAPILLARY carcinoma; COMPUTED tomography; HOARSENESS; CELL differentiation; THYROIDECTOMY
- Publication
ENT: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2024, Vol 103, Issue 7, pNP411
- ISSN
0145-5613
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/01455613211060167