A Special Case of Bilateral Ovarian Metastases in a Woman with Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid
| Autor: | P Viacava, Sandra Brogioni, E Macchia, Luca Tomisti, E Martino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Adult
endocrine system Pathology medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism medicine.medical_treatment Autoimmune thyroiditis Thyroid carcinoma Endocrinology Internal Medicine medicine Carcinoma Humans Thyroid Neoplasms Neoplasm Metastasis Thyroid cancer Ovarian Neoplasms Struma ovarii business.industry Thyroid Thyroidectomy Radiotherapy Dosage General Medicine medicine.disease Carcinoma Papillary medicine.anatomical_structure Lymph Node Excision Female Thyroglobulin business |
| Zdroj: | Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 115:397-400 |
| ISSN: | 1439-3646 0947-7349 |
| Popis: | Papillary thyroid carcinoma is a slow growing tumor with low metastatic potential. The most frequent sites of distant metastases are lung and bone; less frequent sites are brain, liver, kidney, and skin. Ovarian metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma are exceptional. We describe a case of bilateral ovarian metastases from a papillary thyroid carcinoma associated with autoimmune thyroiditis in a 38-year-old woman who underwent thyroidectomy and cervical lymph-node dissection 7 years before, followed by 948 mCi of 131I. A primary ovarian cancer could be excluded by the typical pathological aspects of a papillary thyroid carcinoma in a context of an aggressive form of thyroid cancer. On the other hand, the clinical history and the absence of normal thyroid epithelium and teratomatous components could exclude a papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in struma ovarii. This is a singular case of papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasizing to the ovary, combined with an autoimmune thyroiditis. |
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