title: Primary Thyroid Angiosarcoma with Tracheal Invasion.
abstract: A 48-year-old woman was referred to our clinic because she had been experiencing hemoptysis for 1 month. Chest computed tomography revealed a small portion of a thyroid mass was penetrating the trachea. Bronchoscopy revealed a blood vessel covered mass located in her trachea. The presence of a malignant tumor was confirmed by a biopsy. The patient was referred to the otolaryngology department for tumor resection and a pathological evaluation identified the thyroid angiosarcoma with tracheal invasion. Angiosarcomas have a poor prognosis, but the patient has not experienced any recurrence two years after surgery. A very rare case of primary thyroid angiosarcoma with tracheal invasion was cured successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Soo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoon Moon
authors.forename: Hee
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Su Park
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Young Woo
authors.forename: Jae
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kyun Choi
authors.forename: HaeMi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Kyung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Up Kim
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Soo Rho
authors.forename: Eun-Jae
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: SeongJin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Yousang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: So
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Young Park
authors.forename: Eun-Kyung
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bum Park
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000009:adverse effects; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology