Publication: Intrathyroid metastasis presenting as a solitary thyroid nodule: An unusual case of clinically silent lung cancer
Date
2008
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Kathmandu University
Abstract
Abstract
Metastases in the thyroid gland are very rare. Carcinoma lung is one of the tumours, which may metastasize to the
thyroid. We report a 60-year-old lady with intrathyroid metastasis presenting as a solitary thyroid nodule. Fine
needle aspiration cytology from the nodule showed features of metastatic adenocarcinoma. Further detail evaluation
revealed primary lung adenocarcinoma with secondaries to adrenals, retroperitoneal and bilateral axillary nodes.
This report emphasizes this unusual clinical presentation of carcinoma lung with wide spread secondaries; and a
solitary thyroid nodule can be a presenting complain of a metastatic disease.
Key words: Intrathyroid metastasis, Ultrasound, Carcinoma lung
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Sharma UK1, Rauniyar RK2, Adhikary S3, Sinha A4
1Department of Radiodiagnosis, Kathmandu Medical College, 2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, 3Surgery, 4 Pathology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal