Schwannoma of thyroid bed. A case report and considerations on interdisciplinary collaboration.
Schwannoma of the thyroid bed is extremely rare, but is known to simulate a thyroid nodule. A retrospective review is reported of a 64-year-old female patient with a thyroid nodule who had been submitted to pre-operative fine-needle aspiration biopsy, judged inadequate, following which total thyroidectomy was performed. On histological examination, the nodule (in the thyroid bed) was found to be a schwannoma. This case report stresses the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration. Better co-operation between surgeon, pathologist and radiologist may have led to correct pre-operative diagnosis with sparing of at least half the thyroid.
De Paoli
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Head and Neck Surgery Division, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. fiora.depaoli@ieo.it
Giugliano
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Casadio
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Tredici
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Bruschini
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De Fiori
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery