title: UNCOMMON PRESENTATION OF FOLLICULAR THYROID CARCINOMA: WHEN CHRONIC BACK PAIN SHOULD RAISE A FLAG.
abstract: Follicular thyroid carcinoma is the second most common type of thyroid cancer, and its incidence has increased dramatically in recent years. Although it typically presents as a thyroid nodule, it can spread to distant sites via hematogenous dissemination. Spinal cord compression complicating thyroid carcinoma is rare with only few cases reported in the literature. This case illustrates a minimally invasive follicular carcinoma that showed such an aggressive behavior, and thus the importance of considering metastatic thyroid carcinoma in the differential diagnosis of chronic back pain, which may possibly progress to spinal cord compression carrying severe morbidity.
authors.forename: Milliette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarado
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: Liurka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Marcos-Martinez
authors.forename: Fanor M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Saavedra
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Negron-Rivei
authors.forename: Marielba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agosto
authors.forename: Meliza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allende-Vigo
mesh_terms: D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*