Metastasis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma to the thyroid closely mimics papillary thyroid carcinoma

Tu, Ching-Ling; Lin, Chih-Hung

doi:10.1002/kjm2.12410

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“…CT scans of the thorax indicated the existence of a soft tissue lesion with spiculated borders in the apical segment of the right upper lobe raising the suspicion of a probable neoplastic lesion of pulmonary origin, suggesting metastatic deposits in the thyroid. Furthermore, the glandular and acinar arrangement of the infiltrating tumour cells brought us to the conclusion of metastatic deposits of adenocarcinoma in the thyroid as a key differential diagnosis [7].…”

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An Oncocytic Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Mimicking As Metastatic Adenocarcinoma: A Diagnostic Challenge

Ray,

Mahore

2023

Cureus

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Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid carcinoma, diagnosed on the basis of a predefined set of distinctive nuclear features. There are about 15 known variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma, and the oncocytic variant is not one of the commonly encountered prototypic conventional papillary thyroid carcinoma. We hereby report an unusual case of a 48-year-old woman presenting with thyroid swelling, which proved to be a diagnostic crisis.

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