Marković, Miroslav (7101935751)Miroslav (7101935751)MarkovićPaunović, Ivan (55990696700)Ivan (55990696700)PaunovićDragaš, Marko (25027673300)Marko (25027673300)DragašBoŽić, Vesna (6701633314)Vesna (6701633314)BoŽićIlić, Nikola (7006245465)Nikola (7006245465)IlićKončar, Igor (19337386500)Igor (19337386500)KončarDavidović, Lazar (7006821504)Lazar (7006821504)Davidović2025-06-122025-06-122016https://doi.org/10.1159/000445117https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961127656&doi=10.1159%2f000445117&partnerID=40&md5=3c9de4a681ce05197edc457bf7dee132https://remedy.med.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/7627Objective: To describe a rare case of acute presentation of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 19-year-old male presented with an expanding cervical mass following blunt trauma. A computed tomography scan revealed a mass suspected to be hematoma that was compressing the vessels and thereby deviating the trachea. Immediate surgery was performed. Neither vascular injury nor active bleeding was seen; instead, a solid, hematoma-like tumefaction in the right thyroid lobe was revealed. A total thyroid lobectomy was performed. A histologic paraffin section confirmed a PTC that was permeated by hematoma. Conclusion: This was a unique case of an acute, life-threatening presentation of previously asymptomatic PTC in an adolescent. © 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel.LobectomyNeck hematomaPapillary thyroid carcinoma