title: Skull metastasis of follicular thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Metastasis of a follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) to the skull is very rare. We present a case of solitary lytic skull metastasis of a FTC in a 30-year-old woman. The patient presented with bulging on the left side of the head. Neuro-imaging techniques showed a lesion with an osteolytic component in the left frontal region. After a left frontal craniectomy the tumour was removed totally. The histopathological examination revealed a well-differentiated FTC metastasis and a complete total thyroidectomy was subsequently performed. The patient was given thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression therapy followed by whole body iodine-131 (I131) internal radiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey. nailozdemir@mynet.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Senoğlu
authors.forename: U Dursun
authors.initials: UD
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: M Serefettin
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Canda
mesh_terms: D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011878:Radiotherapy; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes