title: Carcinosarcoma of the thyroid gland.
abstract: Introduction. Surgeon has significant role in the management of such rare and controversial clinical entities related to thyroid gland. In this case report we have presented an elderly patient with rapid enlargement in thyroid that was related to carcinosarcoma. Case Presentation. A 60-year-old lady was presented with rapid enlargement of the thyroid gland. A fine needle aspiration of the nodule in right lobe was performed several weeks before presentation to our clinic. End diagnosis was a papillary carcinoma of the thyroid with spindle cell component. Thus the nodule was recognized to be a carcinosarcoma. Conclusion. Thyroid surgery merits a multidisciplinary approach. Indeed the surgeon should make a conclusive decision in some controversial and rare clinical entities such as carcinosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Evliya Celebi Training and Research Hospital, 43000 Kütahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Fatih
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ekici
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar University, 43100 Kütahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar University, 43100 Kütahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zülfü
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bayhan
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar University, 43100 Kütahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sezgin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeren
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar University, 43100 Kütahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Faik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yaylak
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar University, 43100 Kütahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Hüseyin
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Metineren
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar University, 43100 Kütahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma Emel
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Kocak