title: Unusual metastases of thyroid cancer to mediastinal blood vessels.
abstract: Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer is a rare thyroid cancer, accounts for approximately 5% of all thyroid cancer cases, and is associated with a poor prognosis. It commonly metastasizes to regional lymph nodes, lung, and bones. We present a patient with poorly differentiated thyroid cancer with unusual extensive spread to mediastinal blood vessels.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Hong Yun
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moadel
authors.forename: Leonard M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals