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14981954

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6D
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
BACKGROUND: Overt metastasis from solid tumors to the thyroid gland is a rare finding. Carcinomas that metastasize most often originate from kidney, breast and lung. Only single cases of metastasis from the gastrointestinal tract have been reported. We describe a rare case of metastasis to the thyroid gland from a rectal adenocarcinoma which had been treated by rectum extirpation and a combined radiochemotherapy seven years earlier. Since the lesion in the thyroid gland was the only tumor manifestation in this patient, total thyroidectomy was performed. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with a history of cancer, primary neoplasms of the thyroid gland are not likely to be the cause of a thyroidal tumor. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy is the appropriate diagnostic procedure to define the histological diagnosis. Potentially curative resection should be performed if metastasis to the thyroid gland is the only tumor manifestation. Palliative chemotherapy should be considered if additional tumor manifestations are detected.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0250-7005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4973-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Metastasis of a rectal adenocarcinoma to the thyroid gland: diagnostic and therapeutic implications.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports