Adult-type rhabdomyoma of the thyroid: A case report

ZhenPeng Jiang; MengNi Zhang; JiaYan Huang; Ling Song; Qiang Lu

doi:10.3389/fonc.2023.1108133

Adult-type rhabdomyoma of the thyroid: A case report

Front Oncol. 2023 Jan 18:13:1108133. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1108133. eCollection 2023.

Authors

ZhenPeng Jiang¹, MengNi Zhang², JiaYan Huang¹, Ling Song¹, Qiang Lu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Ultrasound, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
² Department of Pathology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Abstract

Adult-type rhabdomyoma (AR) is a benign myogenous neoplasm. It is rarely located in the thyroid. We present a case of a 61-year-old man, presenting with complaints of a mass found in his left neck for three years. Ultrasonography and computed tomography showed a mass in the left lobe of the thyroid. Subsequently, a fine-needle aspiration biopsy showed that the lesion was suspected to be an oncocytic neoplasm, and the patient underwent surgery. Finally, the lesion was confirmed to be an AR of the thyroid by postoperative pathological diagnosis. In conclusion, AR that occurs in the thyroid is remarkably rare. No case reports to date have described in detail the imaging findings of AR in the thyroid. This study demonstrates the imaging characteristics of a patient with AR of the thyroid, in order to provide more extensive insights to consider the differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions.

Keywords: rhabdomyoma; adult-type; case; thyroid; ultrasound.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81571697; Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, No.2017SZ0003 and No. 2018FZ0044.