Anaplastic thyroid cancer is the most advanced and aggressive thyroid cancer. It is very rare and isfound in less than 2% of patients with thyroid cancer. It most commonly occurs in people over theage of 60 years. It is usually diagnosed at later stages when the disease has already spread tosurrounding structures or has grown large enough to compress the trachea or esophagus causingpressure symptoms. The patient here, a 75-year-old female, presented with a large swelling in thefront of the neck in euthyroid status which was diagnosed as anaplastic thyroid cancer and wasmanaged surgically and the surgical specimen was sent for histopathological examination. Thepresence of osseous metaplasia with mature bone formation in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a rareentity and has been discussed in this case report.
Anaplastic thyroid cancer successfully treated with radiation and immunotherapy: a case report
