Renal Involvement in Cases of Spindle Epithelial Tumor with Thymus-Like Differentiation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Journal Title: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine - Year 2019, Vol 70, Issue 0
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Background: Spindle epithelial tumor with thymus-like differentiation (SETTLE) is a very rare neoplasm of the thyroid first described by Chan and Rosai in 1991. Renal involvement usually occurs as part of a disseminated metastatic picture. SETTLE is believed to arise from branchial pouch or thymic remnants and shows primitive thymic differentiation.
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