Incidental metastatic microcarcinoma of the thyroid identified after total parathyroidectomy.
Papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid comprises 10-20% of all thyroid malignancies. Most microcarcinomas are slow growing and have a favorable prognosis. Lymph node metastasis caused by thyroid microcarcinoma is uncommon, and distant metastasis to lung or bone is even rarer. Thyroid microcarcinoma with metastasis to a thymic lymph node was not previously reported. We describe a case of incidental 1 mm micropapillary thyroid cancer identified within a thymic lymph node following total parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism.
Mazeh
Haggi
H
Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA. haggi.mazeh@mssm.edu
Divino
Celia
C
Nagi
Chandandeep
C
Bleiweiss
Ira J
IJ
Weber
Kaare
K
D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000637:transplantation; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome