Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회지)

The Korean Society for Head and Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회)
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A Case of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Presenting with Hyperthyroidism

갑상선 기능항진증이 동반된 미분화 갑상선암 1예

  • Lee Hyo-Sang (Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Chung Woung-Yoon (Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kang Hae-Youn (Department of nd Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park Cheong-Soo (Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • 이효상 (연세대학교 의과대학 외과학교실) ;
  • 정웅윤 (연세대학교 의과대학 외과학교실) ;
  • 강혜윤 (연세대학교 의과대학 병리학교실) ;
  • 박정수 (연세대학교 의과대학 외과학교실)
  • Published : 2001.05.01
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Abstract

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, which is one of the most aggressive tumors of the thyroid, has been seldomly reposted to have altered thyroid function. There have been few reports of patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer presenting in a hyperthyroid state. In the literatures, the mechanism of hyperthyroidism in anaplastic thyroid cancer is supposed that the rapid invasive growth of cancer seems to cause destruction of thyroid tissue and develops a hyperthyroid state, which is thought to be anlalogous to that of subacute thyroiditis and several types of metastatic cancer of the thyroid: rapid tissue necrosis with resultant release of thyroid hormone. Recently, we experienced a case of anaplastic thyroid cancer presenting with rapid growing mass and hyperthyroidism in a 67-year-old woman and report it with the review of the literatures.

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