Thyroid cancers
(CA) account for about 0.4% of all CA deaths. It is thus very important to be
able to determine the type of CA in view of the differing prognosis and
possibility of the CA being a secondary from other glands like the Salivary
gland.
Mucoepidermoid CA
is an extremely rare form of Thyroid CA and not much is known about its origin,
disease course and treatment. While some think it originates from the Salivary
gland, others believe it
comes from Ultimobrachial body cell nests. It seems to be
slow growing but it also has some metastatic properties.
Generally, total
thyroidectomy has been suggested as treatment due to lack of adequate
information about the disease. The authors want to present a rare finding of
Mucoepidermoid CA in a Thyroid lump.
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