Parapharyngeal metastasis from papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

Carcinoma of the thyroid gland is one of the most commonly encountered endocrine malignancies. Papillary carcinoma is the most common histological type and its pattern of metastasis are usually lymphatic. Lymphatic metastasis to parapharyngeal space is rare and have been reported, so we report the c...

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Autores principales: Harrathi, Khaled, Omri, Malika El, Fradi, Rim, Korbi, Amel El, Kolsi, Naourez, Bouatay, Rachida, Koubaa, Jamel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7532843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062120
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.18.22933
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Sumario:Carcinoma of the thyroid gland is one of the most commonly encountered endocrine malignancies. Papillary carcinoma is the most common histological type and its pattern of metastasis are usually lymphatic. Lymphatic metastasis to parapharyngeal space is rare and have been reported, so we report the case of a 50-year-old male patient who had an occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid presented as right lateral node of the neck and a nodal involvement of the right parapharyngeal space.

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