Paraplegia as initial presentation of follicular thyroid carcinoma.
Follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis rarely presents with clinical picture of spinal cord compression. This report describes a 53 years old patient with follicular thyroid carcinoma who presented with paraplegia and urinary incontinence. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of neck revealed a mass with destruction of C5 and extension to C6. Histopathology study demonstrated metastatic carcinoma of thyroid.
Haghpanah
Vahid
V
Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Shariati Hospital, Tehran Medical University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abbas
Syed Imran
SI
Mahmoodzadeh
Hossein
H
Shojaei
Abdolreza
A
Soleimani
Ali
A
Larijani
Bagher
B
Tavangar
Seyed Mohammad
SM
D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology