Thyroid Gland as a Target of Secondary Malignancies - an Autopsy Study and Review Data

Affiliations

Mistelou Antigony: Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Papadatos Stamatis S.: Third Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Kousi Chrysavgi: Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Lampri Evangeli: Department of Pathology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Mitsis Michael: Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Vougiouklakis Theodoros: Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Galani Vasiliki: Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Abstract

Aim: Secondary malignancies of the thyroid gland are rarely diagnosed but their incidence at autopsy is not uncommon.