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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:566-568
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Liposarcoma of the thyroid gland mimicking retrosternal goiter

Wael I. Awad, FRCSa, Peter H. Rhys Evans, FRCSb, Andrew G. Nicholson, FRCPathc, Peter Goldstraw, FRCS*a

a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom
c Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom
b Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication July 31, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Mr Goldstraw, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK.
e-mail: pgoldstraw{at}rbh.nthames.nhs.uk

Primary liposarcoma of the thyroid gland is extremely rare with only two previous reports in the literature. We report two further cases, both patients presenting with rapid airways compression. Patient 1 had clinical, radiographic, and biopsy appearances suggesting benign goiter. Patient 2 had a long-term history of benign goiter, a previous partial thyroidectomy, and more recent biopsies showing liposarcoma. The management of such rare conditions is always challenging.




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