Giant skull metastasis of Hürthle cell variant of thyroid's papillary carcinoma.
We report the MRI and pathological findings of a 53-year-old woman with a giant skull metastasis from a Hürthle cell variant of thyroid's papillary carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a skull metastasis from a Hürthle cell variant of thyroid's papillary carcinoma.
Mendes
Virgínia C
VC
Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital de S. João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4000 Porto, Portugal. mendes.virginia@gmail.com
Linhares
Paulo
P
Fonseca
Elsa
E
Ribeiro-Silva
M Luís
ML
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*