Choroidal Metastasis from Follicular Cell Thyroid Carcinoma Masquerading as Circumscribed Choroidal Haemangioma

Choroidal metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma are uncommon and usually present as an amelanotic lesion against a background of known systemic disease. We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with a thyroid metastatic focus with unusual clinical presentation, systemic involvement, and ear...

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Autores principales: Papastefanou, V. P., Arora, A. K., Hungerford, J. L., Cohen, V. M. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3972867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24744926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/251817
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author Papastefanou, V. P.
Arora, A. K.
Hungerford, J. L.
Cohen, V. M. L.
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description Choroidal metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma are uncommon and usually present as an amelanotic lesion against a background of known systemic disease. We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with a thyroid metastatic focus with unusual clinical presentation, systemic involvement, and early response to systemic treatment. A review of the literature accompanies this case presentation.
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spelling pubmed-39728672014-04-17 Choroidal Metastasis from Follicular Cell Thyroid Carcinoma Masquerading as Circumscribed Choroidal Haemangioma Papastefanou, V. P. Arora, A. K. Hungerford, J. L. Cohen, V. M. L. Case Rep Oncol Med Case Report Choroidal metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma are uncommon and usually present as an amelanotic lesion against a background of known systemic disease. We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with a thyroid metastatic focus with unusual clinical presentation, systemic involvement, and early response to systemic treatment. A review of the literature accompanies this case presentation. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3972867/ /pubmed/24744926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/251817 Text en Copyright © 2014 V. P. Papastefanou et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Papastefanou, V. P.
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Choroidal Metastasis from Follicular Cell Thyroid Carcinoma Masquerading as Circumscribed Choroidal Haemangioma
title Choroidal Metastasis from Follicular Cell Thyroid Carcinoma Masquerading as Circumscribed Choroidal Haemangioma
title_full Choroidal Metastasis from Follicular Cell Thyroid Carcinoma Masquerading as Circumscribed Choroidal Haemangioma
title_fullStr Choroidal Metastasis from Follicular Cell Thyroid Carcinoma Masquerading as Circumscribed Choroidal Haemangioma
title_full_unstemmed Choroidal Metastasis from Follicular Cell Thyroid Carcinoma Masquerading as Circumscribed Choroidal Haemangioma
title_short Choroidal Metastasis from Follicular Cell Thyroid Carcinoma Masquerading as Circumscribed Choroidal Haemangioma
title_sort choroidal metastasis from follicular cell thyroid carcinoma masquerading as circumscribed choroidal haemangioma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3972867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24744926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/251817
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