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.
Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Shariati Hospital, Tehran Medical University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Vahid
V
Haghpanah
Syed Imran
SI
Abbas
Hossein
H
Mahmoodzadeh
Abdolreza
A
Shojaei
Ali
A
Soleimani
Bagher
B
Larijani
Seyed Mohammad
SM
Tavangar
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