Author/Authors :
Marković, Miroslav Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, serbia , Marković, Miroslav University of Belgrade - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Surgery, Serbia , Paunović, Ivan Clinical Center of Serbia - Center for Endocrine Surgery, Serbia , Paunović, Ivan University of Belgrade - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Surgery, Serbia , Dragaš, Marko Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Serbia , Dragaš, Marko University of Belgrade - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Surgery, ُثقذهش , Božić, Vesna University of Belgrade - Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pathology, serbia , Ilić, Nikola Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Serbia , Ilić, Nikola University of Belgrade - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Surgery, Serbia , Končar, Igor Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Serbia , Končar, Igor University of Belgrade - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Surgery, Serbia , Davidović, Lazar University of Belgrade - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Surgery, Serbia , Davidović, Lazar Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Serbia
Abstract :
Objective: To describe a rare case of acute presentation of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 19-year-old male presented with an expanding cervical mass following blunt trauma. A computed tomography scan revealed a mass suspected to be hematoma that was compressing the vessels and thereby deviating the trachea. Immediate surgery was performed. Neither vascular injury nor active bleeding was seen; instead, a solid, hematoma-like tumefaction in the right thyroid lobe was revealed. A total thyroid lobectomy was performed. A histologic paraffin section confirmed a PTC that was permeated by hematoma. Conclusion: This was a unique case of an acute, life-threatening presentation of previously asymptomatic PTC in an adolescent.
