Colorectal cancer metastases to the thyroid gland:A case report
Colorectal cancer metastases to the thyroid gland:A case report作者机构:Department of SurgeryHospital General Universitario de Ciudad RealCiudad Real 13005Spain Department of PathologyHospital General Universitario de Ciudad RealCiudad Real 13005Castilla La ManchaSpain
出 版 物:《World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery》 (世界胃肠外科杂志(英文版)(电子版))
年 卷 期:2020年第12卷第3期
页 面:116-122页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Colorectal cancer metastases Thyroid gland Case report Thyroid metastases
摘 要:BACKGROUND Secondary malignancies of the thyroid gland are a rare finding in clinical *** addition,colorectal metastasis to the thyroid(CMT)is even more infrequently *** source of the primary tumor follows demographic and ethnic patterns,which reflects the most prevalent malignancies in the different *** cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide;nevertheless,CMT is infrequently *** of them are identified during the follow-up of gastrointestinal primary *** to the improvement of image techniques,oncological treatment,and follow-up,survival and consequent diagnosis of metastatic disease are more *** facts make this entity a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge,due to the lack of information and the difficulties performing clinical trials and *** SUMMARY Here,we present a case report of a patient diagnosed with CMT of adenocarcinoma of the rectum evidenced during follow-up,4 years after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy,who had subsequent curative surgical treatment of the primary tumor and inter-current lung bilateral *** Thyroid metastases of extra-thyroid origin are an uncommon finding,even rarer in cases of *** diagnostic process,as well as survival of oncologic patients is improving,and consequently the number of metastases to the thyroid gland is increasing.