Follicular carcinoma of thyroid presenting as back pain leading to a delay in diagnosis.
The case is described of a 53-year-old man presenting with right-sided low back and thigh pain. Non-urgent investigations showed a metastatic lesion in his right hemipelvis arising from a thyroid primary.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, Scotland.
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H
Simpson
D J
DJ
Orr
P J
PJ
John
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K
Wilson
A S
AS
Braidwood
D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*