Occult Thyroid Follicular Carcinoma Diagnosed as Metastasis to the Chest Wall

Chest wall tumors are relatively rare, and hematogenous metastasis to the chest wall is very rare. We herein describe a rare case of occult thyroid carcinoma as metastasis to the chest wall in an 80-year-old woman. The patient received detailed examinations of the chest wall tumor, and the results s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Saijo, Hiroshi, Kitamura, Yasuo, Takenaka, Haruka, Kudo, Sayaka, Yokoo, Keiki, Hirohashi, Yoshihiko, Takahashi, Hiroki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28768976
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.8340
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Sumario:Chest wall tumors are relatively rare, and hematogenous metastasis to the chest wall is very rare. We herein describe a rare case of occult thyroid carcinoma as metastasis to the chest wall in an 80-year-old woman. The patient received detailed examinations of the chest wall tumor, and the results suggested that she had occult thyroid carcinoma. Surgery was then performed to remove all of her thyroid. As a result, she was diagnosed with follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. We report an extremely rare case of occult thyroid carcinoma diagnosed as hematogenous metastasis to the chest wall.

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