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
From page
69
To page
71
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
Record number
2649854
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