[Late cervicodorsal metastasis of thyroid adenocarcinoma treated by anterior cervicotomy].
Metastasis from a thyroid adenocarcinoma is a rare entity with high mortality. We describe an unusual case in a woman displaying tetraparesis due to a late cervico-dorsal metastasis operated on via a simple anterior cervicotomy. Outcome was good at eighteen months follow-up. The histological diagnosis was follicular adenocarcinoma. The development of a vertebral metastasis from a thyroid adenocarcinoma 11 years after the treatment of the primitive cancer is rare. The anterior cervico-dorsal location in this patient required decompression via an anterior approach. Surgical treatment of the tumor and spinal stabilization were possible via a simple anterior cervicotomy which allowed adequate access to the third thoracic vertebra, without sternotomy or thoracotomy.
Laghmari
M
M
Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc. mehdi_laghmari@hotmail.com
El-Fadl
S H
SH
Gana
R
R
Maaqili
M R
MR
Bellakhdar
F
F
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome