A Poor Prognostic Case of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thyroid: A Case Report

Table 1

Patient information of poor prognostic thyroid MEC (𝑛=7).

Age/sex (citation)	Survive	Accompanied tumor	Recurrence	Treatments
54/F [9]	13 mo	PC; anaplastic ca.	Neck; lymph nodes	Operation; XRT + Chem
66/F [10]	11 mo	PC	Neck	Operation; XRT + I + Chem
62/F [11]	10 mo	PC; anaplastic ca.	Neck	Operation; Chem + I + XRT
57/M [12]	4 wk	Anaplastic lesion		Chem
64/M [13]	3 mo	PC tall cell variant	NA	Operation
83/F [13]	5 mo	Anaplastic ca.	NA	Operation
52/M [14]	2 mo	Variant type of PC		XRT + Chem

mo: months, wk: weeks, NA: not applicable, XRT: X-ray therapy, Chem: chemotherapy, I: ¹³¹iodine.