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The patient presented to the hospital with a painless anterior cervical mass discovered one month prior, and examination revealed a 50 mm \u00d7 30 mm mass in the left lobe of the thyroid gland. Ultrasound showed multiple solid and mixed lesions with gross calcifications in both thyroid lobes. The patient underwent total resection of the left thyroid and isthmus plus right subtotal resection. Histopathological examination revealed two distinct tumor components in the left lobe: immunohistochemistry revealed a PEComa component (HMB45+\/SMA+\/Desmin+, Ki-67 about 50%, P53 missense mutation) and a follicular carcinoma component (TTF-1+\/PAX8+\/TPO+, Ki-67 about 3% and P53 wild-type). The two components were well demarcated without mutual migration, meeting the diagnostic criteria for collision tumors. This case represents the first reported collision tumor combining thyroid PEComa and FTC, with immunohistochemistry confirming the independent origins of both tumors. 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