title: Metastatic spinal cord compression as initial presentation of follicular thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Follicular thyroid carcinoma, initially presenting as spinal cord compression due to metastatic lesions, is a less reported event. We present two cases of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma that led to spinal cord compression. A thorough search of the literature revealed only five similar cases. We summarize the clinical characteristics of these cases, the therapeutic measures used, their outcome, and the prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Northern Israel Oncology Center, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ben-Itzhak
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ravkin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gaitini
mesh_terms: D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy