Primary angiosarcoma of the thyroid gland in an young Iranian woman.
Angiosarcoma of the thyroid gland is a rare and aggressive primary malignant tumour of the thyroid, originally reported in patient from Swiss Alpine region. Here, the authors describe a case of primary angiosarcoma of the thyroid in an 21-year-old Iranian woman who presented with a rapidly enlarging neck mass associated with compressive symptoms.
Department of Pathology, Yazd Shahid Sadoghi University, Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran. binesh44@yahoo.com
Fariba
F
Binesh
Ali
A
Akhavan
Hossein
H
Navabii
Mohammad Hossein
MH
Dadgarnia
Vahid
V
Zand
D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult