title: Latent carcinoma of the thyroid manifested by cystic supraclavicular metastasis.
abstract: In a 68-year-old Japanese woman, who had a right supraclavicular cyst containing thyroglobulin-rich fluid, metastatic adenocarcinoma was demonstrated in the cyst. A subsequent total thyroidectomy showed a papillary carcinoma measuring 11 mm in the ipsilateral lobe of the thyroid. A high thyroglobulin level in a cervical cyst may facilitate the detection of hidden primary cancer in the thyroid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wakamatsu Municipal Hospital, Kitakyushu.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokohata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kishikawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shiroozu
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002968:Clavicle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery