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Mandibular metastasis revealed papillary thyroid carcinoma: Rare case

INTRODUCTION: Papillary carcinoma is the most frequent differentiated malignant thyroid neoplasm, Metastasis occurs frequently in regional lymph nodes and mandibular metastasis are very rare and most are secondary to follicular carcinomas due to their blood diffusion, The mandibular metastasis of pa...

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Autores principales: Anajar, Said, Hassnaoui, Jawad, Rouadi, Sami, Abada, Reda, Roubal, Mohammed, Mahtar, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28667920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.05.001
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Papillary carcinoma is the most frequent differentiated malignant thyroid neoplasm, Metastasis occurs frequently in regional lymph nodes and mandibular metastasis are very rare and most are secondary to follicular carcinomas due to their blood diffusion, The mandibular metastasis of papillary carcinoma is exceptional. CASE REPORT: We report a rare case of mandibular metastasis revealing papillary thyroid carcinoma in a 52-year-old patient, with a review of the literature on clinical features, radiological aspect, and treatment options. DISCUSSION CONCLUSION: Mandibular metastasis of thyroid cancer are rare and the initial metastases revealing papillary carcinoma are exceptional, few cases are reported in the literature, and due to their rarities and relative lack of data on their management, There is no clearly defined processing algorithm.