Anaplastic Spindle Cell Squamous Carcinoma Arising from Tall Cell Variant Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

The table shows demographics, clinicopathologic features, treatment, outcome, and follow-up of patients with anaplastic SCSC arising from TCV PTC. (Data based on the 20 reported cases including present case.)

Patient demographics & clinicopathologic features
Number of patients	20
Median age (years)	71
Male : female ratio	1 : 1.5
Thyroid swelling	80% (16/20)
Thyroid nodule(s)	20% (4/20)
Thyroid profile
Euthyroid	5% (1/20)
Not reported	95% (19/20)
Treatment
Surgery	5% (1/20)
Surgery + chemotherapy/radiotherapy	5% (1/20)
Not reported	90% (18/20)
Outcome & follow-up
Alive	5% (1/20)
Death from tumour	5% (1/20)
Disease-free follow-up	6 months
Follow-up not reported	90% (18/20)