Sharma Suresh Chandra, Sakthivel Pirabu, Raveendran Sarath, Singh Chirom Amit, Nakra Tripti, Agarwal Shipra
Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove). 2018;61(4):150-152. doi: 10.14712/18059694.2018.134.
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC), one of the most aggressive malignancies, is extremely rare in childhood. We present a case of 5-yearold child who presented with rapidly progressing thyroid swelling and stridor, for which she underwent emergency tracheostomy and biopsy. Histopathological features were suggestive of ATC and the patient died within two months after diagnosis. ATC, though very rare in childhood, should be kept in the differential diagnoses of rapidly enlarging neck masses in children. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest case of ATC reported in literature.
间变性甲状腺癌（ATC）是最具侵袭性的恶性肿瘤之一，在儿童中极为罕见。我们报告一例5岁儿童，该患儿出现甲状腺迅速肿大并伴有喘鸣，为此接受了紧急气管切开术和活检。组织病理学特征提示为ATC，患者在诊断后两个月内死亡。ATC虽然在儿童中非常罕见，但在儿童颈部迅速增大的肿块鉴别诊断中应予以考虑。据我们所知，这是文献报道中最年轻的ATC病例。
