Multiple cystic brain metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma mimicking neurocysticercosis.
The papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland is the most common type of tumor of the thyroid gland with good prognosis and low incidence of distant metastasis. The brain metastases of thyroid gland carcinoma are extremely rare. We report a patient with multiple cystic brain lesions and satisfying criteria for diagnosis of neurocysticercosis. Brain biopsy revealed brain metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma. The tumor originated from mediastinal thyroid tissue. Even in cases when neuroimaging suggests neurocysticercosis with great accuracy, it is important to exclude metastasis. Extensive brain metastases of primary papillary thyroid carcinoma are extremely rare.
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Šuška 6, 10000 Zagreb.
Petra
P
Bago-Rožanković
Silvio
S
Bašić
Hrvoje
H
Vavro
Marjan
M
Rožanković
Igor
I
Nikolić
Danko
D
Muller
Gordan
G
Grahovac
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*
magnetic resonance imaging; metastasis; neurocysticercosis; papillary thyroid carcinoma