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ea0032p1119 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2013

Angiosarcoma of the thyroid gland: a case report

Puca Entela , Koza Kadir Burak , Gozalan Ugur , Erekul Selim , Lumi Ema , Puca Edmond

Angiosarcoma of the thyroid is a rare and aggressive primary malignant tumor of the thyroid: it rarely occurs in that organ and most of these occur mainly in patients from the mountainous Alpine regions. We report a case of 68-year-old female who presented at our hospital with a rapidly enlarging neck mass associated with compressive symptoms. On clinical examination, the thyroid gland appeared firm during the acts of deglutition. The results of thyroid function tests were for...