Skull metastasis in papillary carcinoma of thyroid:A case report
作者机构:Department of Radiation OncologyGajra Raja Medical College and Jaya Arogya Group of HospitalsGwalior 474001Madhya PradeshIndia Department of BiochemistryGajra Raja Medical College and Jaya Arogya Group of HospitalsGwalior 474001Madhya PradeshIndia
出 版 物:《World Journal of Radiology》 (世界放射学杂志(英文版)(电子版))
年 卷 期:2012年第4卷第6期
页 面:286-290页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Papillary thyroid carcinoma Skull metastasis Biopsy
摘 要:Papillary thyroid carcinoma with metastasis to the skull is extremely *** report a case of unsuspected papillary thyroid carcinoma with skull metastasis.A 48-year-old female patient presenting with painless,pulsatile,progressively increasing swelling in the occipitoparietal region of the scalp approached for an X-ray of the *** of palpable swelling in the neck revealed a heteroechoic lesion with increased *** of calcification were seen involving both lobes of the *** of scalp showed a destructive mass in the skull with increased *** of thyroid lesions revealed branching papillae having a dense fibrovascular core covered by cuboidal epithelial cells with nuclei having a clear ground glass *** case illustrates how isolated extensive skull metastasis can be found in papillary carcinoma patients without causing significant ***,in the clinical course of thyroid papillary carcinoma,skull metastasis should be considered,and the patients should be meticulously investigated and followed up.