title: Dysphagia and dysphonia in a woman with a previous breast cancer.
abstract: Metastasis to the thyroid occur infrequently. The overall incidence in autopsy series vary from 0-5% in unselected cases to 24% in patients with a known malignancy. They usually occur when there are another metastases, sometimes many years after diagnosis of the original primary tumour. We present the case of a woman with dysphagia and dysphonia due to a thyroid mass as first manifestation of a metastatic breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, General Universitary Hospital from Elche, Elche, Alicante, Spain. mjmolinagarrido@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Molina Garrido
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guillén Ponce
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maciá Escalante
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez Y Sevila
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrato Mena
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology