Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Myeloid Sarcoma of Thyroid Gland- A rare entity diagnosed by FNAC.

Shushruta Mohanty, Radharani Panda

Abstract :

Myeloid   sarcoma,also known as extramedullary  myeloid  tumor,is  a  tumor  mass  composed  of  myeloblasts or  immature  myeloid  cells  occurring  in  extramedullary  site  or in the  bone. Myeloid   Sarcoma   (MS) can occur in many parts of the body commonest being  lymph nodes, bone  ,skin,soft tissues but its occurrence in thyroid  is  very  rare  which  prompted  us  to  report  this  case. Here  in we  report  an unusual   case  of  MS  of  the  thyroid  in  a  50  year  old  lady  diagnosed  by  FNAC.She presented  with  chief  complaints of  fever,  weakness  ,abdominal pain  since  last  3 months.  Concurrent  hematological  examinationdiagnosed  the patient to have  CML  in chronic phase.This case emphasizesFNAC as  the  easy, rapid, and cost‑effective  method  to  diagnose MS.  It also  deals   with cytomorphological features of  MS, along with  iefliterature review and  its  differential  diagnosis.

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Shushruta Mohanty, Radharani Panda, Myeloid Sarcoma of Thyroid Gland- A rare entity diagnosed by FNAC., PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-5 | May-2018

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