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Solitary fibrous tumour of the thyroid gland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

N. S. Deshmukh ,
D. C. Mangham ,
A. T. Warfield  and
J. C. Watkinson
N. S. Deshmukh
Affiliation:
Department of Musculoskeletal Pathology, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, UK
D. C. Mangham
Affiliation:
Department of Musculoskeletal Pathology, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, UK
A. T. Warfield
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University Hospital NHS Trust Birmingham, UK
J. C. Watkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital NHS Trust Birmingham, UK
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Abstract

Solitary fibrous tumours of the thyroid gland are rare; only five cases have been reported in the literature. Clinically, they present as a long-standing firm mass in the thyroid. Histologically, they show a range of appearances including so-called ‘patternless growth pattern’, spindle-cell morphology, alternating hypo- and hyper-cellular areas, keloid-like hyalinization and a prominent haemangiopericytoma – like architecture. The behaviour of extrathoracic solitary fibrous tumours is unpredictable and requires careful, long-term follow-up.

Keywords

Solitary Fibrous TumoursThyroid Neoplasms
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 115 , Issue 11 , November 2001 , pp. 940 - 942
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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