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Accession number;04A0024308
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| Title;A Case of Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Thyroid with Both Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma Metastasis in the Lymph Nodes |
| Author;
UENO MASAKATSU
(Jotochuobyoin Geka)
OSUGI HARUSHI
(Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City Univ., JPN)
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Journal Title;Journal of the Japan Broncho-Esophagological Society
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Journal Code:Z0674A
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ISSN:0029-0645
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VOL.54;NO.6;PAGE.439-444(2003)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.5, REF.10 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;We report the first known case of adenosquamous carcinoma of thyroid with both adenocarcinoma and squamous carcinoma found in the same metastatic lymph node. A cervical induration had been found in 1995 and resected with the metastatic left axillary lymph node, because of its growth after 5 years. The primary lesion was diagnosed as adenosquamous carcinoma, but the metastatic lymph node was different. After 1 year, however, the metastatic right axillary lymph node was resected because of the tumor's growth and diagnosed as adenosquamous carcinoma. The patient was died of the cancer 1 year and 7 months after the first operation. Patients with adenosquamous carcinoma of the thyroid have a poor prognosis, and their survival periods are believed to be less than 2 years after rapid growth. It was supposed that only adenocarcinoma existed as a thyroid tumor, which changes into adenosquamous carcinoma during the rapid growth phase. Therefore, thyroid tumors, should be resected immediately after rapid growth can begin. (author abst.) |
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