Endocrinology Research and Practice
Case Report

Sclerosing Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of The Thyroid Gland

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Ankara Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara, Turkey

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Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Ankara, Turkey

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Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara, Turkey

Endocrinol Res Pract 2008; 12: 39-41
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Abstract
An extremely rare case of sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma (SMECE) of the thyroid in a 22-year-old woman is reported. The patient initially presented with a thyroid nodule. Fine needle aspiration cytology of the nodule showed features of a malignant tumor that was different from the usual types of thyroid carcinoma. Total thyroidectomy and right cervical lymph node dissection were performed, and pathology confirmed SMECE. The patient remains asymptomatic and no further recurrence or metastasis has been noted in the postoperative course of five years. She is the youngest patient with SMECE in literature. In this report, we briefly present the clinical and biologic course of this patient’s neoplasm and also review the associated literature. 

Tiroid Glandının Sklerozan Tip Mukoepidermoid Karsinoması

Özet
Oldukça nadir görülen ve yirmi iki yaşındaki kadın hastada tespit edilen tiroid glandında sklerozan tip mucoepidermoid karsinoma olgusu (SMECE) sunuldu. Hasta tiroidde nodül nedeniyle başvurdu. İnce iğne aspirasyon sitolojisi malign tumor özellikleri taşımakla birlikte genellikle görülen tiroid karsinomlarından farklıydı. Total tiroidektomi ve sağ servikal lenf nodu disseksiyonu uygulandı. Patoloji Sklerozan tip mukoepidermoid karsinoma (SMECE) ile uyumluydu. Hasta halen asemptomatik olup postoperatif 5 yılda rekürrens veya metastaz izlenmedi. Bu olgu sunumunda neoplazmın klinik ve biyolojik davranışı anlatılmış ve literatür gözden geçirilmiştir. 
Anahtar kelimeler: Tiroid kanseri, mukoepidermoid karsinoma, sklerozis ve eozinofili

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