Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Presenting With Solitary Bony Metastases to the Frontal Bone of the Skull

A 75-year-old lady was referred to the oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) team with a painless swelling in the midline of her forehead. Investigations diagnosed it as a solitary metastasis of thyroid cancer. Follicular thyroid cancers are known to metastasise to bone; however, bony metastasis to...

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Autores principales: Moen, Christy M, Townsley, Richard B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8586824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34790486
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18735
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description A 75-year-old lady was referred to the oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) team with a painless swelling in the midline of her forehead. Investigations diagnosed it as a solitary metastasis of thyroid cancer. Follicular thyroid cancers are known to metastasise to bone; however, bony metastasis to the frontal bone of the skull is very rare. This case highlights how the effective use of a multidisciplinary team can lead to better patient outcomes. The patient went on to have a total thyroidectomy and received both radioactive iodine therapy and radiotherapy to the bony metastasis.
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spelling pubmed-85868242021-11-16 Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Presenting With Solitary Bony Metastases to the Frontal Bone of the Skull Moen, Christy M Townsley, Richard B Cureus Otolaryngology A 75-year-old lady was referred to the oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) team with a painless swelling in the midline of her forehead. Investigations diagnosed it as a solitary metastasis of thyroid cancer. Follicular thyroid cancers are known to metastasise to bone; however, bony metastasis to the frontal bone of the skull is very rare. This case highlights how the effective use of a multidisciplinary team can lead to better patient outcomes. The patient went on to have a total thyroidectomy and received both radioactive iodine therapy and radiotherapy to the bony metastasis. Cureus 2021-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8586824/ /pubmed/34790486 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18735 Text en Copyright © 2021, Moen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Presenting With Solitary Bony Metastases to the Frontal Bone of the Skull
title_sort differentiated thyroid cancer presenting with solitary bony metastases to the frontal bone of the skull
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8586824/
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