Occult Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting as a Frontal Bone Metastasis: A Case Report

Mahmoudreza Tahamtan; Maral Mokhtari; Sara Pakbaz; Mehdi Tahamtan

doi:10.1155/2012/678935

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2012)

Occult Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting as a Frontal Bone Metastasis: A Case Report

Mahmoudreza Tahamtan,
Maral Mokhtari,
Sara Pakbaz,
Mehdi Tahamtan

Affiliations

Mahmoudreza Tahamtan: Pathology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran
Maral Mokhtari: Pathology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran
Sara Pakbaz: Pathology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran
Mehdi Tahamtan: Surgery Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 71937-11351, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/678935
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2012

Abstract

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This is a rare case of metastatic follicular carcinoma of thyroid in a patient with no history of thyroid problem. A frontal bone mass was examined microscopically and showed the pattern of metastatic follicular carcinoma. Thyroid ultrasonography then revealed a nodule in left lobe. Total thyroidectomy was done for the patient and microscopic examination confirmed the diagnosis.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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