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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of thyroid: a diagnostic dilemma.

Muhammad Hassan Danish, Muhammad Wasif, Nasir Ud Din, Muhammad Sohail Awan

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muhammad Hassan DanishOtolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan hassan.danish@aku.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6532-2789
Muhammad WasifOtolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Nasir Ud DinPathology & Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Sohail AwanOtolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Aga Khan University · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours of thyroid are rare entities that can present a diagnostic dilemma. We present the case of a patient who presented with neck mass with a history of multiple neck surgeries and airway compression. The patient's previous histopathology was mistaken for Riedel's thyroiditis in an outside hospital, which delayed appropriate treatment leading to suffering on part of the patient and frustration on part of the physician. We emphasise that rare malignancies should be considered in rapidly growing neck masses that are causing airway compression, and histopathology of such tumours should be reported by expert pathologists.

Indexed as

AdultAirway ObstructionContrast MediaDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansNerve Sheath NeoplasmsThyroidectomyThyroid NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTracheostomyContrast Mediahead and neck surgeryotolaryngology / ENTpathologysurgical oncologythyroiditis

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PMID32327463
PMCPMC7202744
OpenAlexW3017695073

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