An unusual presentation of thyroid cancer.
Well-differentiated thyroid cancers can present with nodal metastasis that have undergone cystic degeneration. Rarely, mediastinal nodes may undergo cystic changes and pose a diagnostic dilemma, especially if the primary lesion is occult. We describe the case of a patient who presented with a large mediastinal cystic lesion which turned out to be metastasis from thyroid cancer.
Department of Surgical Oncology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India rajaram_bv@yahoo.com.
Rajaram
R
Burrah
Department of Surgical Oncology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
Kuppuswamy
K
Shivakumar
Department of Surgical Oncology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
Suraj
S
Manjunath
Department of Surgical Oncology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
Rakesh
R
Ramesh
Department of Surgical Oncology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
Vipin
V
Goel
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*
Diagnosis; differential; lymphatic metastasis; mediastinal cyst; thyroid neoplasms