Diffuse Sclerosing Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.2006.55.1.49
- Author:
Seung chan LEE
1
;
Dong Wook KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Masan Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Korea. aeromind@nownuri.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thyroid, neoplasms;
Ultrasound (US);
Computed tomography (CT)
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Papillary;
Humans;
Prognosis;
Thyroid Gland*;
Thyroid Neoplasms*
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2006;55(1):49-52
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Diffuse sclerosing papillary carcinoma (DSPC) is a variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), but it shows more aggressive clinical course and a poorer prognosis than the other types of PTC. Most PTCs show a focal nodular pattern in the thyroid on the imaging modalities, but DSPC reveals a diffuse infiltrating configuration in the thyroid without any focal nodular lesion. To our knowledge, there are scant radiological reports of diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. In this report, we present the case of a patient with DSPC who showed the characteristic findings on sonography and computed tomography.
