Follicular thyroid carcinoma presenting as solitary skull metastasis: report of two cases.
We report two otherwise healthy patients with no prior history of thyroid cancer, who presented to us with a solitary scalp lump. Neuroimaging of both patients showed osteolytic lesions involving the cranium which were subjected to complete excision biopsy and cranioplasty. Histopathological examination revealed metastases from well differentiated follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC). Subsequent workup confirmed occult primary carcinoma of the thyroid gland in both patients.
Shamim
Muhammad Shahzad
MS
Department of Neurosurgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Khursheed
Faraz
F
Bari
Muhammad Ehsan
ME
Chisti
Khalid Naseem
KN
Enam
Syed Ather
SA
D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome