title: Metastasis of dermatofibrosarcoma from the abdominal wall to the thyroid gland: case report.
abstract: Metastases in the thyroid gland are very rare. Even the rarer are sarcoma metastases. A 52-year-old woman was referred to our department for evaluation of a nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid gland. She had a history dermatosarcoma of the abdominal wall with known metastasis in the lung. Clinically she had neck pain and worsened swallowing. Objective assessment (ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance) indicated a voluminous right lobe nodule with mechanical syndrome, and a fine-needle aspiration biopsy revealed a very suspicious malignant finding. After surgery, the diagnosis was metastasis of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. Subsequent treatment was radio- and chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty Hospital Bulovka, 18081 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kreze
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zápotocká
authors.forename: Tomáš
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urbanec
authors.forename: Jiří
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koskuba
authors.forename: Mikuláš
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pura
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vítek
authors.forename: Pavol
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Praženica
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Traboulsi