Case report: diagnosis of thyroid cancer by bone marrow biopsy in a patient with lymphoma and goiter.
Metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma was diagnosed by bone marrow biopsy performed during the staging evaluation in a patient with large-cell lymphoma and diffuse goiter who showed lung and bone lesions upon radiologic examination. After thyroidectomy, both sites concentrated radioactive iodine, confirming their thyroid origin and allowing for the appropriate treatment.
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Department of Medical Specialties, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
McLaughlin
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D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes