title: Simultaneous metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma and carcinoid of the small intestine in the cervical lymph node group.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Malignancies, primary or metastatic, and infections are the main causative factors that should be included in the differential diagnosis of cervical adenopathy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We present a 56-year-old woman who was admitted to our department because of a supraclavicular mass. A neck dissection was performed and two different masses were excised. The histopathological examination showed that the larger mass (measuring 5 cm) was a block of lymph nodes with metastatic papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. In the adjacent fibroadipose tissue, two lymph nodes with metastatic carcinoid tumor were found. The smaller mass (measuring 2 cm) was a lymph node with metastatic carcinoid tumor. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy with ipsilateral radical neck dissection. Histopatological examination of the thyroid gland showed a lesion of papillary carcinoma, measuring 0.6 cm. No further lesions of carcinoid were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, this is the first report of a coexistence of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma and intestinal carcinoid tumor in cervical lymph nodes.
authors: 1st Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, ENT Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors: Konstantinos D
authors: KD
authors: Markou
authors: John K
authors: JK
authors: Goudakos
authors: Stefanos
authors: S
authors: Triaridis
authors: Despoina
authors: D
authors: Televantou
authors: Prodromos
authors: P
authors: Hytiroglou
authors: Angelos
authors: A
authors: Nikolaou
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D037981:Neck Dissection; D011859:Radiography; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes