title: [Epidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid: a potentially curable tumor. Report of a case].
abstract: A case with squamous carcinoma of the thyroid is reported. The tumor appeared as a nodule of two cm in the right lobe. The patients was treated only with total thyroidectomy and 30 months after surgery, he remains free of disease. The histologic findings agree with the etiologic theory of a malignant transformation of metaplasic cells in these neoplasms. We think that total thyroidectomy may be curative in localized cases.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Hemato-Oncología, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: León
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angeles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montoya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Carcinoma epidermoide de tiroides: un tumor potencialmente curable. Reporte de un caso.