A patient with micropapillary thyroid carcinoma and macronodular lung metastasis: stable disease for eight years without treatment.
In this report, we described a very rare type of patient with micropapillary thyroid carcinoma with macronodular lung metastasis that had prolonged growth arrest for more than 8 years without any treatment. Unlike previous reports with stable metastasis, the patient presented here was older than prior cases and had a smaller size of the primary carcinoma.
Kim
Nam Hoon
NH
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Anam Hospital, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Beak
Seung Kuk
SK
Baik
Sei Hyun
SH
Choi
Dong Seop
DS
Kim
Sin Gon
SG
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18