VOLUME 12 , ISSUE 1 ( September, 2016 ) > List of Articles
P.S. Venkatesh Rao
Citation Information : Venkatesh Rao P. Carcinoma Showing Thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE) - A Rare Thyroid Carcinoma. 2016; 12 (1):24-26.
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10088-11121
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Published Online: 10-09-2016
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This is a case report of a rare thyroid tumor “Carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation” (CASTLE). These tumors are usually in the lower part of the thyroid gland. They present like other advanced thyroid cancers but it is important to differentiate CASTLE from these. CASTLE tumors of the thyroid have better prognosis than thymic carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and anaplastic carcinoma and hence curative surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy lead to over 80% 10 year survival rate. This case report describes how emergency surgery on a dyspneic patient followed by external radiation therapy was successful.
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