Ovarian metastasis from thyroid carcinoma: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Papillary thyroid carcinoma is rarely associated with metastatic disease. The most common sites of metastasis are the lungs and bones, while only few cases of ovarian metastasis are described in literature. CASE: We report the case of a 51 years old woman, treated 9 years before for papi...

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Autores principales: Corrado, Giacomo, Pomati, Giulia, Russo, Andrea, Visca, Paolo, Vincenzoni, Cristina, Patrizi, Lodovico, Vizza, Enrico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4220057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25358556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13000-014-0193-9
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Papillary thyroid carcinoma is rarely associated with metastatic disease. The most common sites of metastasis are the lungs and bones, while only few cases of ovarian metastasis are described in literature. CASE: We report the case of a 51 years old woman, treated 9 years before for papillary thyroid carcinoma, presenting to our Institute with a pelvic ovarian mass revealed by ultrasound imaging. After bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, the histologic examination detected a left ovarian metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma. CONCLUSION: Even if the diagnosis of ovarian metastasis from thyroid carcinoma is often controversial, it should be considered when a woman with an ovarian lesion of unknown origin, has a personal history of malignant thyroid disease. VIRTUAL SLIDES: The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/13000_2014_193

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