title: Occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland with extensive osseous metastases--a case report with review of the literature.
abstract: The authors report a case of extensive osseous metastases from a clinically occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland without evidence of regional lymph node metastases. Some features of the primary tumour, namely focal "tall-cell" morphology and higher nuclear grade, raise the possibility of including such a tumour into the poorly differentiated category of thyroid carcinomas. Literature review only disclosed one similar reported case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital de São Marcos, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pardal-de-Oliveira
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vieira
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012447:Sacrum; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed