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Case Reports
. 2019 May;34(3):683-684.
doi: 10.3904/kjim.2017.340. Epub 2018 Aug 13.

Fever of unknown origin caused by intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma

Seung Min Chung  1 , Kyung-Ju Kim  2 , Jun Sung Moon  1 , Young Hoon Hong  3 , Su Hwan Kang  4
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Fever of unknown origin caused by intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma

Seung Min Chung et al. Korean J Intern Med. 2019 May.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Positron emission tomography-computed tomography revealed high fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on lower pole of right thyroid gland (arrows) and (B) thyroid ultrasonogram revealed 3.3 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm sized hypoechoic, heterogeneous mass with irregular margin on lower pole of right thyroid gland (arrow).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
(A) The tumors were arranged in solid nests and separated by fibrous stroma (H&E, ×100). (B) The tumor cells had polygonal shaped nuclei and focal squamous differentiation (H&E, ×200). (C) The tumor cell nuclei had vesicular chromatin and prominent nucleoli (H&E, ×400). Immunohistochemistry staining showed a diffuse positive for (D) CD117 (×200), (E) CD5 (×200), and (F) p63 (×200).
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