Metastatic disease of bronchial carcinoma in a thyroid nodule: a case report.
Metastatic spread of solid tumors to the thyroid is a rare finding in patients with thyroid nodules. The most frequent sites of the primary tumor include the kidney, breast and lung. Work up of patients with a cold thyroid nodule and a history of cancer should therefore rule out other metastasizing cancer or recurrence of the previous tumor using fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid mass. We report the case of a 64-year-old male with metastatic spread of a bronchial carcinoma to the thyroid and the management of this case.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital School of Medicine, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany. simonpreuss@web.de
Simon F
SF
Preuss
Mark
M
Stenzel
Torsten
T
Hansen
D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D053555:Keratin-5 / Q000032:analysis; D053553:Keratin-6 / Q000032:analysis; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D053555:Keratin-5; D053553:Keratin-6