[Three cases of thyroid cancer, including a component of squamous cell carcinoma].
A squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland is rare and its prognosis is poor. Three cases of a rare thyroid cancer are reported, the first case being an adenosquamous cell carcinoma of a 75-year-old male and the second case being a pure squamous cell carcinoma of a 64-year-old male. These two cases were pathologically diagnosed on autopsy. The overall duration of these two cases was 6 months. The third case involved a 62-year-old male. His pathological diagnosis was a mixed squamous cell carcinoma and an undifferentiated carcinoma. Postoperatively 50 Gy of irradiation was performed. This patient is still alive and has shown no evidence of recurrence for 16 months.
Dept. of Radiology, Gunma Cancer Center.
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M
Matsuura
M
M
Kawashima
K
K
Tateno
Y
Y
Maehara
K
K
Sakaino
S
S
Makino
R
R
Shimizu
B
B
Satake
S
S
Matsuura
S
S
Sugihara
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery