Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Differentiation (CASTLE) Arising in the Sublingual Gland. 2021

Laura Ardighieri, and Michele Tomasoni, and Simonetta Battocchio, and Fabio Facchetti, and Roberto Maroldi, and Piero Nicolai, and Davide Lombardi
18515ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

Carcinoma showing thymic-like differentiation (CASTLE) is a rare tumor most commonly occurring in the thyroid and soft tissues of the neck. We report the first case of CASTLE occurring in the sublingual gland. The patient, a 35-year-old healthy man, presented with a submucosal lesion located in the anterior right floor of the oral cavity and an ipsilateral neck mass. The lesion had been previously investigated by neck computed tomography and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology and diagnosed as metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. After oral cavity magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, and a non-diriment, fine needle aspiration cytology of the sublingual mass, the patient was treated as affected by a sublingual gland malignancy with removal of primary tumor and neck dissection. Morphological and immunohistochemical findings were diagnostic for primary sublingual gland CASTLE. The patient received adjuvant radiotherapy and is free of disease 2 years after treatment. We describe the pathological features of the lesion and discuss the possible differential diagnoses.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008198 Lymph Nodes They are oval or bean shaped bodies (1 - 30 mm in diameter) located along the lymphatic system. Lymph Node,Node, Lymph,Nodes, Lymph
D008207 Lymphatic Metastasis Transfer of a neoplasm from its primary site to lymph nodes or to distant parts of the body by way of the lymphatic system. Lymph Node Metastasis,Lymph Node Metastases,Lymphatic Metastases,Metastasis, Lymph Node
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D002277 Carcinoma A malignant neoplasm made up of epithelial cells tending to infiltrate the surrounding tissues and give rise to metastases. It is a histological type of neoplasm and not a synonym for "cancer." Carcinoma, Anaplastic,Carcinoma, Spindle-Cell,Carcinoma, Undifferentiated,Carcinomatosis,Epithelial Neoplasms, Malignant,Epithelioma,Epithelial Tumors, Malignant,Malignant Epithelial Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Malignant Epithelial,Anaplastic Carcinoma,Anaplastic Carcinomas,Carcinoma, Spindle Cell,Carcinomas,Carcinomatoses,Epithelial Neoplasm, Malignant,Epithelial Tumor, Malignant,Epitheliomas,Malignant Epithelial Neoplasm,Malignant Epithelial Tumor,Malignant Epithelial Tumors,Neoplasm, Malignant Epithelial,Spindle-Cell Carcinoma,Spindle-Cell Carcinomas,Tumor, Malignant Epithelial,Undifferentiated Carcinoma,Undifferentiated Carcinomas
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013361 Sublingual Gland A salivary gland on each side of the mouth below the TONGUE. Gland, Sublingual,Glands, Sublingual,Sublingual Glands
D013362 Sublingual Gland Neoplasms Neoplasms of the sublingual glands. Gland Neoplasm, Sublingual,Gland Neoplasms, Sublingual,Neoplasm, Sublingual Gland,Neoplasms, Sublingual Gland,Sublingual Gland Neoplasm

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