[A case of thyroid carcinoma with temporal bone metastasis].
A 34-year-old female who had received left hemi-thyroidectomy because of carcinoma of the thyroid complained of progressive deafness 5 years postoperatively. A red pulsating tumor was found in her mid-ear; it was removed incompletely. The tumor was diagnosed as a glomus jugulare tumor. The patient died at age 47 due to tumor progression. Autopsy revealed a temporal bone tumor with brain invasion; histological examination confirmed it to be a metastasis from the thyroid carcinoma. Clinical and histological details of this rare case are reported and the relevant literature is reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005925:Glomus Jugulare Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000556:secondary*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013701:Temporal Bone; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy