Unusual metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common type of well-differentiatedthyroid carcinoma. Metastases usually occur in regional lymph nodes. Here,we report a patient with unusual metastases from papillary thyroidcarcinoma.A 55-year-old woman had a history of right papillary thyroid carcinoma and underwent local excision of the right thyroid lobe in another hospital previously. The patient was found to have metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma to the left parietooccipital lobe, bilateral lung, the left caput humeri, the left triceps brachii muscle, the right collum ossis femoris and left thumb. She eventually suffered multiple organ failure and died. Therefore, if not timely and thorough treatment, papillary thyroid carcinoma may alsometastatic to brain, lung, askeletal muscle, bone and other various sites through direct hematogenic routes.

Source: Head and Neck Oncology - February 13, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research