Occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid with pulmonary lymphangitic spread diagnosed by lung biopsy.
Distant metastases from occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, which is defined as a tumor less than 15 mm in diameter, are extremely rare. A 21-year-old patient with miliary micronodular densities in both lungs is described, in whom pulmonary lymphangitic spread of occult papillary thyroid carcinoma was diagnosed by transthoracic lung biopsy.
Institut für Pathologische Anatomie, Universität Innsbruck.
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Fend
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Gruber
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Fritzsche
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Rothmund
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Breitfellner
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Mikuz
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*