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.
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Institut für Pathologische Anatomie, Universität Innsbruck.
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Fritzsche
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Rothmund
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Breitfellner
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Mikuz
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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*