Thyroid-like low grade nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma presenting as snoring in a 49-year-old male

Abstract We present a case of thyroid-like low grade nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma in a 49-year-old male, who presented with snoring. This tumour is an extremely rare neoplasm in the nasopharynx which mimics papillary thyroid carcinoma morphologically. The tumour cells were strongly and di...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Diagnostic histopathology (Oxford, England : 2008) England : 2008), 2013-09, Vol.19 (9), p.350-353
Main Authors: Appukutty, Sona J, Di Palma, S, Pitkin, Lisa, Smith, Christopher E.T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
low grade papillary adenocarcinoma
nasopharynx
Pathology
thyroid-like
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Abstract We present a case of thyroid-like low grade nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma in a 49-year-old male, who presented with snoring. This tumour is an extremely rare neoplasm in the nasopharynx which mimics papillary thyroid carcinoma morphologically. The tumour cells were strongly and diffusely positive for TTF 1, but were negative with antibodies to thyroglobulin. It is important to recognize this rare entity as these tumours are amenable to surgical resection and have an excellent prognosis.
ISSN:1756-2317
1876-7621
DOI:10.1016/j.mpdhp.2013.06.016