<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><bold>Objectives.</bold> Fibromatosis is a rare tumor with a prevalence of 2–4 per million per year. Its occur-rence in the thyroid is very rare and to the best of our knowledge only five cases have been reported in the literature.</p><p><bold>Subject and Results.</bold> In this case report, we present a thirty-seven-year-old man without any significant past medical history, who presented with an anterior neck swelling and occasional cough for four months before admission. Sonographic-guided fine needle aspiration cytology studies reported a follicular neoplasm. Microscopic and immunohistochemical evaluation of the thyroidectomy specimen showed thyroid fibromatosis. The patient had no symptoms after surgery and no signs of recurrence after 2 years of follow-up.</p></abstract>

Objectives. Fibromatosis is a rare tumor with a prevalence of 2–4 per million per year. Its occur-rence in the thyroid is very rare and to the best of our knowledge only five cases have been reported in the literature.Subject and Results. In this case report, we present a thirty-seven-year-old man without any significant past medical history, who presented with an anterior neck swelling and occasional cough for four months before admission. Sonographic-guided fine needle aspiration cytology studies reported a follicular neoplasm. Microscopic and immunohistochemical evaluation of the thyroidectomy specimen showed thyroid fibromatosis. The patient had no symptoms after surgery and no signs of recurrence after 2 years of follow-up.

Thyroid fibromatosis: A case report

Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine

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Objectives. Fibromatosis is a rare tumor with a prevalence of 2–4 per million per year. Its occur-rence in the thyroid is very rare and to the best of our...

Thyroid fibromatosis: A case report

Pubblicato online: 08 mag 2020

Pagine: 133 - 136

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/enr-2020-0016

Parole chiave
fibromatosis, thyroid, neoplasm

© 2020 Behnoush Mehdizadeh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Thyroid fibromatosis: A case report

Pubblicato online: 08 mag 2020

Pagine: 133 - 136

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/enr-2020-0016

Parole chiavefibromatosis, thyroid, neoplasm

© 2020 Behnoush Mehdizadeh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
fibromatosis, thyroid, neoplasm