Concept information
Preferred term
Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
- Anaplastic Thyroid Cancers
- Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid
- Cancers, Anaplastic Thyroid
- Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic
- Thyroid Cancers, Anaplastic
Note
- coordinate IM with THYROID NEOPLASMS (IM)
Scope note
- An aggressive THYROID GLAND malignancy which generally occurs in IODINE-deficient areas in people with previous thyroid pathology such as GOITER. It is associated with CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION of THYROID CARCINOMA (e.g., FOLLICULAR THYROID CARCINOMA; PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER). Typical initial presentation is a rapidly growing neck mass which upon metastasis is associated with DYSPHAGIA; NECK PAIN; bone pain; DYSPNEA; and NEUROLOGIC DEFICITS.
History note
- 2015 (2010); use Thyroid Neoplasms 2010-2014
In other languages
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Finnish
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anaplastinen kilpirauhasen karsinooma
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anaplastinen kilpirauhasen syöpä
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anaplastinen kilpirauhaskarsinooma
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erilaistumaton kilpirauhasen karsinooma
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erilaistumaton kilpirauhasen syöpä
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erilaistumaton kilpirauhassyöpä
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D065646
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