Table 1 Clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with extrathyroidal origin CASTLE
Cases | Ahuja et al.[[6]] | Luo et al.[[5]] | This case |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years)/sex | 67/female | 47/male | 27/male |
Tumor size | 9 × 7 × 5 cm | 5 × 5 × 4 cm | 3.8 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm |
Location in neck | Left | Left | Right |
Cystic changes | Not described | Partial | Partial |
Inflammatory cell infiltration | Numerous lymphocytes | Lymphocytes | Abundant lymphocytes and eosinophils |
Adjacent LNs | Multiple enlarged LNs adjacent to the mass | Several small LNs surrounding the mass | Multiple enlarged LNs adjacent to the mass |
LN pathology | LN metastasis (1/22) | No tumor | No tumor |
Treatment | Mass excision, LN excision, radiotherapy | Mass excision, LN excision, radiotherapy | Mass excision, right modified radical neck dissection (levels I–V) |
Outcome | No recurrence | No recurrence | No recurrence over 3-year period |