Title of article :
FOLLICULAR THYROID CARCINOMA PRESENTING INITIALLY WITH SKULL METASTASIS
Author/Authors :
Khan, Ikramullah Gomal Medical College - Department of Surgery, Pakistan , Khan, Irfanullah Gomal Medical College - Department of Surgery, Pakistan
Abstract :
Follicular thyroid carcinoma very rarely present initially with metastasis to skull. This report describes an otherwise asymptomatic 52 years old female patient with follicular thyroid carcinoma, who initially presented with soft mass in right occipito-parietal region and a multinodular goiter. Radiology showed an osteolytic lesion with overlying soft tissue component. Histopathology revealed metastasis from a well differentiated follicular carcinoma of thyroid gland
Keywords :
Goiter , Follicular thyroid carcinoma , skull metastasis
Journal title :
GOMAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Journal title :
GOMAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
