Nodular metastatic lung tumor from thyroid carcinoma.
Pulmonary metastases from thyroid cancer usually present with a micronodular or miliary pattern throughout both lungs; pulmonary metastasis with nodules measuring 10 mm in diameter is very rare. We herein present a 74-year-old woman with a history of papillary thyroid cancer treated surgically 17 years previously who presented with pulmonary metastatic nodules measuring 15 mm in diameter on chest radiography. If a pulmonary nodule or nodules are encountered in a patient with a history of thyroid cancer, though very rare, the possibility that it is a metastasis must be borne in mind.
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Mito Medical Center, University of Tsukuba, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.
Koichi
K
Kurishima
Katsunori
K
Kagohashi
Atsushi
A
Ishibashi
Norio
N
Takayashiki
Hiroaki
H
Satoh
D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed