Table 5.

Literature review of thyroid mucoepidermoid carcinoma (continued)

Author [Ref.]	N	Age/sex	Clinical findings	Extra-thyroid extension	Neck node metastasis	Distant metastasis	Treatment	Pathology	Follow-up
Arezzo A [10]	41	66/ F	Mass	Yes	NG	None	Operation Radiotherapy + I + chemotherapy	MEC, TPC	ANED ×11 mo
Jung YH [10]	42	50/M	Thyroid mass with dysphasia and hoarseness	None	None	Yes	Total thyroidectomy and neck node dissection: radiation	MEC, TPC	NG
Taconet S [14]	43	86/M	Thyroid nodule, 47 mm	None	None	None	Total thyroidectomy	MEC, TPC	ANED ×16 mo
Fulciniti F [15]	44	34/F	A firm and fixed nodule in the isthmic region of the thyroid	NG	NG	NG	NG	MEC, TPC	NG
Cameselle Teijeiro J [10]	45	62/F	Rapidly growing mass in the right anterior cervical region for the last 4 mo	None	Yes	None	Total thyroidectomy and limited lateral neck dissection; chemotherapy, I 131	MEC, anaplastic carcinoma	DOD ×10 mo
Vázquez Ramírez F [10]	46	57/M	Dysphagia, dysphonia and odynophagia, diffuse enlargement of the thyroid gland with multiple, bilateral, palpable lymph nodes in the cervical, supraclavicular, paratracheal and retrocaval chains	Yes	Yes	None	Chemotherapy	MEC, anaplastic carcinoma	DOD×1 mo

MEC, mucoepidermoid carcinoma; LT, lymphocytic thyroiditis; HT, Hashimoto's thyroiditis; FA, follicular adenoma; TPC, thyroid papillary carcinoma; AN, adenomatoid nodules; NG, not given; ANED, alive no evidence of disease; AWD, alive with disease; DOD, died of disease; R, right; L, left; mo, month; yr; year.