Journal of Surgery

Radu Danila

Publications

• Case Report
  Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma or Thyroid Metastasis from Cholangiocarcinoma? A Case Report
  Author(s): Lidia Ionescu, Radu Danila, Mihaela Blaj, Mihai Savin, Carmen Vulpoi, Delia Ciobanu and Daniel TimofteLidia Ionescu, Radu Danila, Mihaela Blaj, Mihai Savin, Carmen Vulpoi, Delia Ciobanu and Daniel Timofte
  
  Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma presents as an extremely localy invasive neck mass while metastases in the thyroid are most commonly described as small, indolent, solitary nodules usually originating from kidney, breast, lungs and skin tumors. We report the case of a 74-year old male patient illustrating the difficulties of differential diagnosis between an anaplastic thyroid carcinoma and a thyroid metastasis of a peripheral cholangiocarcinoma in a cirrhotic patient diagnosed and operated for a locally advanced thyroid tumor. The history, clinical and imagistical features strongly pleaded for the diagnosis of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma presumably with liver metastases, also supported by the rapid recurrence following total thyroidectomy. Immunohistochemical tests showed a malignant carcinomatous proliferation with anaplastic prophile. Positive immunochemical staining for cytokeratin A.. Read More»
  

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