A Case of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to Thyroid Gland / 전남의대학술지
Chonnam Medical Journal
;
: 130-133, 2011.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-788195
ABSTRACT
Metastasis to the thyroid gland from distant cancer is rare, and, in some cases, is a diagnostic challenge. Here, we report a case of metastatic renal cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland. A 77-year-old man presented with a neck mass detected about 1 month previously. He had undergone a right nephrectomy owing to renal cell carcinoma 14 years previously. Fine needle aspiration cytology showed a few atypical follicular cells with nuclear atypia. Under a tentative diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma, a total thyroidectomy was performed. The histologic and immunohistochemical studies of the surgical specimens indicated that the thyroid masses were metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the thyroid.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Thyroid Gland
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Thyroidectomy
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Thyroid Neoplasms
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Carcinoma
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Carcinoma, Renal Cell
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Biopsy, Fine-Needle
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Neck
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Nephrectomy
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Chonnam Medical Journal
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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