title: Endobronchial mass developing 19 years after total thyroidectomy due to follicular thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Endobronchial metastasis from thyroid follicular carcinoma is a rare manifestation. We describe a case of 62-year-old woman who underwent total thyroidectomy due to thyroid follicular carcinoma 19 years previously. Computerized tomography and bronchoscopy suggested an endobronchial enhancing nodule in the right bronchus intermedius, resulting in right middle lobe (RML) and right lower lobe (RLL) collapse. A biopsy specimen showed thyroid follicular carcinoma identical to that taken from a specimen previously. She underwent metastectomy and high-dose radioactive iodine ablation therapy. To our knowledge, this patient represents the first case of endobronchial metastasis with a long past history of thyroid follicular carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Dong
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hyeon Hui
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Sang Haak
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes