A long-standing cystic lymph node metastasis from occult thyroid carcinoma--report of a case.
The authors describe a patient with a cervical cystic mass present for 14 years which proved to be a cystic metastasis from a papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland. This is probably the first case report of a long-term lateral cervical cyst caused by an occult thyroid carcinoma.
Hwang
C F
CF
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Chang Gang Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Hsein, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Wu
C M
CM
Su
C Y
CY
Cheng
L
L
D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009333:Neck; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors