Metastatic pancreas cancer from the thyroid; clinical imaging mimicking non functioning islet cell tumor.
A case of pancreatic metastasis from thyroid cancer resected seven years previously is presented. Pancreatic metastases of thyroid cancer are rare. The radiological features of the tumor are described and the diagnostic implications of pancreatic metastases are discussed.
Sugimura
H
H
Department of Radiology, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
Tamura
S
S
Kodama
T
T
Kakitsubata
Y
Y
Asada
K
K
Watanabe
K
K
D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*