Primary thyroid leiomyosarcoma: A case report and literature review.
Primary thyroid leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is an extremely rare soft tissue cancer; only 22 cases have been reported in the literature to date. In the current study, the case of an 83-year-old male patient who presented with a neck mass that had grown rapidly over the previous 3 months is reported. The patient underwent thyroid lobectomy twice and two cycles of immunotherapy for the treatment of primary thyroid LMS; however, he succumbed to the disease 5 months after the second surgery. An accurate diagnosis of primary thyroid LMS is difficult, as the disease is often misdiagnosed as anaplastic carcinoma, and requires the combined assessment of clinical, imaging and pathological data. Diagnosis of the current patient with primary thyroid LMS and a comprehensive review of the relevant literature are presented herein.
Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China.
Zhen-Yu
ZY
Zou
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing 102206, P.R. China.
Ning
N
Ning
Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China.
Song-Yan
SY
Li
Department of Pathology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China.
Jie
J
Li
Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China.
Xiao-Hui
XH
DU
Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China.
Rong
R
Li
diagnosis; histopathology; leiomyosarcoma; therapy; thyroid neoplasms