Thyroid malignancy mimicking as acute thyroiditis: A Pandora's box on cytology

Abstract

We report a case of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma (ATC) mimicking acute thyroiditis in a 78 years old female who came with complaints of swelling in front of neck with hoarseness of voice. Patients with ATC typically present with a rapidly enlarging neck mass with compressive symptoms. ATC has got poor prognosis. Ultrasound neck and fine needle aspiration cytology are the first diagnostic methods in assessment of thyroid lesions.

Keywords

• post radiation therapy
• acute suppurative thyroiditis
• anaplastic thyroid carcinoma-thyroid
• squamous cell carcinoma