title: [Late cervicodorsal metastasis of thyroid adenocarcinoma treated by anterior cervicotomy].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc. mehdi_laghmari@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laghmari
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: El-Fadl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gana
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Maaqili
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bellakhdar
mesh_terms: 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