Ectopic thyroid papillary carcinoma of nasopharynx associated with adenoid hypertrophy: an unusual presentation

Head & Face Medicine

Hongchao Yao¹  Minghua Li³  Ming Liu³  Yufei Jiao²  Linli Tian³ 

[1] Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China;Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China;Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

关键词: Nasal obstruction;    Adenoid hypertrophy;    Nasopharynx;    Ectopic thyroid papillary carcinoma;   

Others  :  1145501
DOI  :  10.1186/1746-160X-10-40

 received in 2014-06-25, accepted in 2014-09-18,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Ectopic thyroid tissue of nasopharynx is an uncommon phenomenon and papillary thyroid carcinoma arising from the tissue is extremely rare. The authors report a rare case of 16-year-old girl with papillary thyroid carcinoma of nasopharynx. Clinicians were ever confused by adenoid hypertrophy and solved the diagnostic dilemma by adequate examinations. In the case, we mainly emphasize that surgeons should be aware of and actively consider such a possibility of ectopic papillary thyroid carcinoma of nasopharynx in children and adolescents with long-term nasal obstruction, even if thyroid carcinoma is a rare tumor.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Tian et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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