Occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid presenting as an intratracheal tumour.
A case of occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid presenting as an intratracheal tumor in a 64-year-old woman is reported. No lymph node metastases were observed. The patient had an 11-year history of hoarseness, dyspnea and productive cough, and was found at bronchoscopy to have a large intratracheal tumor occupying half of the lumen. It was histologically a papillary carcinoma with immunoreactivity of thyroglobulin. No primary tumor was found in the thyroid gland. By reviewing the English literature, no similar case was encountered.
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Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Akdeniz, Mediterranean, Antalya, Turkey.
Oztürk
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Demircan
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Artvinli
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D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary