%0 Journal Article
%T Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma mimicking thyroid abscess
%A Abu Bakar Zulkiflee
%A Tze Liang Loh
%J Archive of "AME Case Reports".
%D 2018
%R 10.21037/acr.2018.04.05
%X Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a particularly fearsome form of thyroid cancer due to its extreme aggressiveness and dismal prognosis. Patients with ATC typically present with a rapidly enlarging neck mass with compressive symptoms. We report a case of ATC, mimicking a thyroid abscess; in a 52-year-old Chinese male with one month history of enlarging neck mass. Ultrasound of the neck was suggestive of a thyroid cyst and fine needle aspiration cytology was negative for malignancy. He presented again 2 weeks later with increased swelling and pain suggestive of right neck abscess. An incision and drainage was performed and histopathology result of a proximal isolated enlarged lymph node biopsied revealed metastatic carcinoma. Subsequent right thyroid wedge biopsy finding 1 month later were confirmatory of ATC
%K Thyroid carcinoma
%K neck abscess
%K head and neck surgery
%K thyroid abscess
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6155619/