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ArticleEndocrine pathology2013

Leiomyosarcoma: a rare tumor of the thyroid.

Jantima Tanboon, Phawin Keskool

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Article in Endocrine pathology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Spindle lesions in the thyroid: a cytological and histological review.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2025
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  8. Rare Undifferentiated Tumour of Thyroid: Primary Thyroid Fibrosarcoma.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jantima TanboonDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand. jtanboon@gmail.com
Phawin Keskool
Mahidol University · THSiriraj Hospital · TH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the thyroid gland is uncommon. To date, 20 cases have been reported in English in the literature. The tumors usually present in elderly patients with female predilection and are associated with poor clinical outcome. Herein, we report an additional case of primary thyroid leiomyosarcoma in a 64-year-old woman. She underwent total thyroidectomy and later was discovered to have multiple lung and liver metastases. The patient died 3 months after surgery. The major differential diagnoses including undifferentiated (anaplastic) carcinoma of the thyroid, spindle cell variant of medullary thyroid carcinoma, spindle cell tumor with thymus-like differentiation, uncommon primary tumor of the thyroid and metastatic tumors with predominant spindle cells are discussed.

Indexed as

Diagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansLeiomyosarcomaMiddle AgedRare DiseasesThyroidectomyThyroid Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID23729187
OpenAlexW2030450822

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