甲状腺扁平上皮癌が疑われた頸部胸腺腫例

森田 勲; 渡邉 佳紀; 田中 信三; 平塚 康之; 吉田 尚生; 草野 純子; 吉松 誠芳; 松永 桃子; 中尾 信裕

doi:10.5106/jjshns.27.73

A case of cervical thymoma which had suspected of thyroid squamous cell carcinoma

Isao Morita, Yoshiki Watanabe, Shinzo Tanaka, Yasuyuki Hiratsuka, Takao Yoshida, Junko Kusano, Masayoshi Yoshimatsu, Momoko Matsunaga, Nobuhiro Nakao

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Isao Morita
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital
Yoshiki Watanabe
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital
Shinzo Tanaka
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital
Yasuyuki Hiratsuka
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital
Takao Yoshida
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital
Junko Kusano
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital
Masayoshi Yoshimatsu
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital
Momoko Matsunaga
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital
Nobuhiro Nakao
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital

Keywords: cervical thymoma, thyroid tumor, thyroid carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma

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2017 Volume 27 Issue 1 Pages 73-77

DOI https://doi.org/10.5106/jjshns.27.73

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Abstract

We report a case of cervical thymoma mimicking thyroid squamous cell carcinoma. The patient was a 74-year-old woman, who visited our hospital for an anterior neck mass. Computed tomography revealed a mass in the left lobe of the thyroid gland, and fine-needle aspiration biopsy showed a squamous cell carcinoma, so it was diagnosed as a thyroid carcinoma. The tumor was resected, and the histopathological diagnosis was cervical thymoma. Postoperative radiation was performed. Otolaryngologists should keep cervical thymoma in mind when examining patients with a tumor in the neck.

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