- A Case of Thyroid Microcarcinoma with Multiple Metastases, Including Liver Metastasis.
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Sang Jin Lee, Won Gu Kim, Hyung Yong Kim, Hyun Gi Lee, Tae Yong Kim, Youn Suck Koh
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J Korean Endocr Soc. 2007;22(1):50-54. Published online February 1, 2007
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/jkes.2007.22.1.50
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- A 65-year-old woman presented with a dry cough and multiple various sized nodules in both lungs on chest X-ray. A CT scan showed a 9.5 cm sized hypervascular mass in the liver and a 5.5 cm sized intraabdominal mass. A percutaneous needle biopsy of one of the lung nodules revealed a metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma. Therefore, thyroid ultrasonography was performed, which revealed a 1 cm sized nodule in the right thyroid lobe. Cytology, obtained by ultrasonography guided fine needle aspiration, revealed a follicular neoplasm. The tumor cells were weakly positive on galectin-3 immunostaining, which favored a follicular carcinoma. An ultrasonography guided biopsy of the liver and EUS (endoscopic ultrasonography)-guided biopsy of the intraabdominal mass revealed a metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma in the liver and peritoneum. We report a very rare case of a follicular thyroid microcarcinoma, with multiple metastases to the lung, liver and peritoneum.
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