Spinal Cord Compression as Initial Presentation of Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma
| Autor: | Jae Kyu Kang, Cheol Su Jwa, Kang Hyun Kim, Dae Ki Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Oncology
endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty business.industry General Neuroscience medicine.medical_treatment Thyroid Cervical cord compression medicine.disease Malignancy Vertebra Metastasis Thyroid carcinoma medicine.anatomical_structure Spinal cord compression Internal medicine Medicine Surgery Neurology (clinical) Radiology Corpectomy business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society. 41:269 |
| ISSN: | 1225-8245 |
| DOI: | 10.3340/jkns.2007.41.4.269 |
| Popis: | Follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis rarely manifests as spinal cord compression without any previous symptoms of its malignancy. This report describes a 64-year-old man with follicular thyroid carcinoma who presented initially with left arm motor weakness. Magnetic resonance images demonstrated severe cervical cord compression by a mass with destruction of C4 vertebra. Corpectomy of C4 and anterior interbody fusion was carried out. Histopathological study revealed a metastatic follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. We present our case, especially focused of its possible pathophysiology, with review of pertinent literatures. |
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