title: Thyroid metastasis of malignant melanoma.
abstract: Clinically significant metastases to the thyroid gland are very rare; however, they can present as the initial malignancy. The authors report a 53-year-old man who underwent surgery for malignant melanoma 5 years earlier, and recently presented with a thyroid nodule that turned out to be a metastasis of the primary malignancy. Fine-needle aspiration showed malignant cells, but was unable to indicate that their origin was malignant melanoma. Total thyroidectomy was the therapy chosen for the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alp
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozbora
authors.forename: Umut
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Barbaros
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Yeşim
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erbil
authors.forename: Yersu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kapran
authors.forename: Neşe
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozbey
authors.forename: Selçuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozarmagan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000601:surgery; D012540:Scapula; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery