title: Malar bone metastasis revealing a papillary thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common form of differentiated thyroid carcinoma. It is generally confined to the neck with or without spread to regional lymph nodes. Metastatic thyroid carcinomas are uncommon and mainly include lung and bone. Metastases involving oral and maxillofacial region are extremely rare. We described a case of malar metastasis revealing a follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma, presenting with pain and swelling of the left cheek in a 67-years-old female patient with an unspecified histological left lobo-isthmectomy medical history. To our knowledge, this is the first recorded instance of a malar metastasis from a follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Salah Azaiez Institut, University El Manar II, 1006 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Ihsen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Slim
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mhiri
authors.forename: Imène
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Meddeb
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goucha
authors.forename: Saïd
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gritli
authors.forename: Mohamed Faouzi
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ben Slimene