title: Phyllodes tumor metastatic to thyroid Hürthle cell adenoma.
abstract: We present a case of a malignant phyllodes tumor metastasizing to a Hürthle cell adenoma of the thyroid. A 55-year-old woman underwent mastectomy for a malignant phyllodes tumor. Two years later, she presented with a left thyroid mass, which was a single, circumscribed, soft, deep red-brown nodular lesion with an eccentric area of firmer consistency. Histologically, the thyroid tumor was composed of 2 distinct types of cellular proliferation. Atypical spindle cells were infiltrating between the Hürthle cell cords and follicles in a fibrosarcomatous pattern. A battery of immunohistochemical stains was applied to both the thyroid and breast tumors for comparison. Based on the histologic and immunophenotypic features of the fibrosarcomatous components of both the breast and thyroid tumors, we rendered a diagnosis of cystosarcoma phyllodes metastatic to Hürthle cell adenoma. To the best of our knowledge, this unusual case is a first report of tumor-to-tumor metastasis of a sarcoma to a primary thyroid neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, USA.
authors.forename: Tamar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Giorgadze
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Zubair W
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Baloch
authors.forename: Virginia A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: LiVolsi
mesh_terms: D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery