Case Report

Year : 2020 | Volume : 5 | Issue : 2 | Page : 5-7

Spindle cell tumor with thymus‐like differentiation masquerading as a papillary carcinoma of thyroid gland

Jahnavi Gandhi, Shailee Mehta1, Shweta Gondha, Priti Trivedi

Departments of Oncopathology, and 1 Histopathology, Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Shailee Mehta, 412, Department of Histopathology, Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad Gujarat, India.

E‐mail: shaileemehtaa@gmail.com

Abstract

Spindle epithelial tumor with thymus-like differentiation (SETTLE) is an indolent malignant thyroid tumor seen in children, adolescents, and young adults showing thymic or related branchial pouch differentiation. The tumors are composed of spindle cells along with focal epithelial component and glandular formations. We herein report a case of SETTLE with a follow-up period of 20 years.

Keywords: Papillary carcinoma of thyroid, SETTLE, thymus

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How to cite this article:

Gandhi J, Mehta S, Gondha S, Trivedi P. Spindle cell tumor with thymus-like differentiation masquerading as a papillary carcinoma of thyroid gland. Int J Head Neck Pathol 2020;3:5-7.