Advanced Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma with Thyroid Invasion Mimicking Thyroid Cancer Treated with Definitive Radiation: Case Report and Review of the Literature

A 54-year-old female patient, a breast cancer survivor and a case of unresectable adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea, with thyroid invasion, presented with suprasternal neck swelling mimicking thyroid primary. A literature search was undertaken to highlight this rare presentation. There have be...

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Published in:Case reports in oncology 2017-08, Vol.10 (2), p.706-712
Main Authors: Al Khatib, Sondos, Asha, Wafa, Khzouz, Omar, Barakat, Farid, Khader, Jamal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Breast cancer
Cancer therapies
Case Report
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Dysphagia
Medical imaging
Oncology
Patients
Radiation therapy
Surgery
Thyroid
Thyroid cancer
Trachea
Tumors
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:A 54-year-old female patient, a breast cancer survivor and a case of unresectable adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea, with thyroid invasion, presented with suprasternal neck swelling mimicking thyroid primary. A literature search was undertaken to highlight this rare presentation. There have been few reports in the literature describing tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma involving the thyroid.
ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000479225