Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Pulmonary metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is rare and generally present as a micronodular or a miliary pattern.Herein we present a single giant chest wall metastasis of PTC that caused mediastinal shift which was not reported in the literature.A 67 year old female patient admitted to the hospital due to shortness of breath.A right sided mass on the chest wall and thyroid nodules were detected.PTC was diagnosed and the patient underwent a total thyroidectomy.pT3N0 were evaluated postoperatively.PET-CT demonstrated the mass at right hemithorax (12 cm lesion, SUV max=7.2) plus needle biopsy showed a metastasis of PTC.A chest wall resection plus right upper lobectomy and lymph node dissection was performed as the first choice for PTC metastasis.
Source: Current Thoracic Surgery
Institution: Yedikule Teaching Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2746106900