title: Papillary carcinoma thyroid with metastasis to ectopic cervical thymus.
abstract: Papillary carcinoma of thyroid is the most common type of thyroid neoplasm which is usually confined to the thyroid and tends to metastasize to regional lymph nodes. Distant metastasis occur in up to 15% of cases. Thymic metastasis from any malignant carcinoma is extremely rare with only four cases reported in medical literature. We report a case of papillary carcinoma of thyroid metastasizing to ectopic cervical thymus which has not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir,190011, India. DrMajidMushtaque@gmail.com
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mushtaque
authors.forename: Sameer H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Naqash
authors.forename: Ajaz A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Rayees A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Samina A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khanday
authors.forename: Parwez S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013934:Thymectomy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome