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Single metastasis of myxoid liposarcoma from the thigh to thyroid gland: a case report

Authors: Hiroshi Urakawa, Kenichi Nakanishi, Eisuke Arai, Kunihiro Ikuta, Shunsuke Hamada, Takehiro Ota, Naoki Ishiguro, Yoshihiro Nishida

Published in: World Journal of Surgical Oncology | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

Background

Thyroid metastasis of soft tissue sarcoma is very rare, and the diagnosis is especially difficult when only a single lesion is present.

Case presentation

A 50-year-old man was diagnosed with myxoid liposarcoma of the right thigh and treated with wide resection. Two and a half years after the surgery, a growing low-density area was incidentally observed in the right lobe of his thyroid gland on follow-up chest computed tomography. Fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed twice, and the thyroid mass was suspected of being a sarcoma metastasis. He was treated by hemithyroidectomy, and the lesion was pathologically confirmed as a metastasis of myxoid liposarcoma.

Conclusion

We experienced single thyroid gland metastasis in patients with myxoid liposarcoma in whom a growing mass is observed in the thyroid gland after radical surgery of the primary site.

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Title: Single metastasis of myxoid liposarcoma from the thigh to thyroid gland: a case report
Authors: Hiroshi Urakawa
Kenichi Nakanishi
Eisuke Arai
Kunihiro Ikuta
Shunsuke Hamada
Takehiro Ota
Naoki Ishiguro
Yoshihiro Nishida
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: World Journal of Surgical Oncology / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-018-1370-1

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Single metastasis of myxoid liposarcoma from the thigh to thyroid gland: a case report

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