| Autor: |
James Reese, MD, Apoorv Chebolu, BS, YouJun Shen, MD, Frank Mihlon, MD |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Radiology Case Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 108-111 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1930-0433 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.radcr.2017.10.020 |
| Popis: |
We report a patient who suffered from esophageal cancer that metastasized to the thyroid. There are only a handful of cases of esophageal cancer with metastases to the thyroid reported in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first with a diffusely infiltrative pattern (the others were focal masses/nodules). This diffusely infiltrative pattern of metastatic disease is important for radiologists to be aware of because it is particularly difficult to detect and is not characteristically neoplastic by pattern. A diffuse parenchymal abnormality that is bilaterally symmetric is more commonly associated with non-neoplastic diffuse thyroid disease, such as autoimmune thyroid diseases (eg, Graves' disease). As such, in addition to the more common non-neoplastic differential diagnoses associated with diffuse thyroid disease, a diffuse thyroid parenchymal abnormality in a patient with a history of esophageal carcinoma should raise the question of diffuse metastatic infiltration. |
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