Metastasis of Dermatofibrosarcoma from the Abdominal Wall to the Thyroid Gland : Case Report

Abstract EN

Metastases in the thyroid gland are very rare.

Even the rarer are sarcoma metastases.

A 52-year-old woman was referred to our department for evaluation of a nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid gland.

She had a history dermatosarcoma of the abdominal wall with known metastasis in the lung.

Clinically she had neck pain and worsened swallowing.

Objective assessment (ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance) indicated a voluminous right lobe nodule with mechanical syndrome, and a fine-needle aspiration biopsy revealed a very suspicious malignant finding.

After surgery, the diagnosis was metastasis of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.

Subsequent treatment was radio- and chemotherapy.