Case Report

Primary Angiosarcoma of the Thyroid in an Asian Woman: A Case Report with Review of the Literature

Table 4

Clinicopathological features, treatment, and follow-up of 16 patients of primary thyroid angiosarcoma with no evidence of disease.

Author# caseGender, age, risk factorsTumor size (mm)Extrathyroid extension at diagnosisLN metastasis at diagnosisDistant metastasis at diagnosisNeoadjuvant therapySurgeryAdjuvant therapyFollow-up status

Eusebi et al. [13]#4F, 61 y/o40N/AN/AN/ANoneLobectomyNone24 months
Lamovec et al. [19]#1F, 64 y/o, goiter40NoNoNoNoL’t total and R’t subtotal lobectomyR/T36 months
Maiorana et al. [11]#1F, 84 y/o, goiter30NoN/ANoNoneTTNone66 months
#3F, 69 y/o, goiter50NoN/ANoNoneTTNone32 months
#4F, 60 y/o, goiter3 masses; up to 25NoN/ANoNoneTTNone27 months
Ryska et al. [3]#3F, 60 y/o70N/ANoN/AN/AN/AN/A21 months
Innaro et al. [28]F, 49 y/o, goiter75NoYesNoNoneTT+neck LNDC/T22 months totally (postoperative residual lymphadenopathy S/P adjuvant C/T; then NED for 16 months)
Altinay et al. [32]F, 62 y/o, goiter30NoN/AN/ANoneTTNone15 months
Couto et al. [33]F, 61 y/o35NoN/AN/ANoneTTR/T72 months totally (2 months after surgery, locally recurred, S/P tumor excision+R/T, then NED for 48 months)
Yoon Moon et al. [5]F, 48 y/oN/AYesN/AN/ANoneTT+partial resection of the tracheaR/T24 months
Collini et al. [4]#3M, 56 y/o50YesNoNoNoneTTC/T and R/T82 months
#4F, 63 y/o130YesNoNoC/TTTC/T70 months
#5M, 53 y/o50YesNoNoNoneTTC/T59 months totally (8 months after surgery, locally recurred, S/P C/T+tumor excision), NED for 51 months, then lost to follow-up
Marina et al. [6]M, 63 y/o, radiation exposure, goiter120NoNoNoNoneTT+neck LNDC/T62 months
Nechifor-Boilă et al. [38]#1F, 74 y/o, goiter70NoN/AN/ANoneTTNone40 months
#2M, 70 y/o, goiter80YesNoNoNoneTT+neck LNDR/T73 months

F: female; M: male; N/A: not applicable; C/T: chemotherapy; R/T: radiotherapy; TT: total thyroidectomy; NED: no evidence of disease.