Simultaneous metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma and carcinoid of the small intestine in the cervical lymph node group.
Title | Simultaneous metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma and carcinoid of the small intestine in the cervical lymph node group. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Markou, K. D., Goudakos J. K., Triaridis S., Televantou D., Hytiroglou P., & Nikolaou A. |
Journal | Thyroid |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 9 |
Pagination | 1025-8 |
Date Published | 2010 Sep |
ISSN | 1557-9077 |
Keywords | Carcinoid Tumor, Carcinoma, Papillary, Female, Humans, Intestinal Neoplasms, Iodine Radioisotopes, Lymphatic Metastasis, Middle Aged, Neck, Neck Dissection, Salivary Glands, Thyroid Gland, Thyroid Neoplasms, Thyroidectomy, Treatment Outcome |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: Malignancies, primary or metastatic, and infections are the main causative factors that should be included in the differential diagnosis of cervical adenopathy.SUMMARY: We present a 56-year-old woman who was admitted to our department because of a supraclavicular mass. A neck dissection was performed and two different masses were excised. The histopathological examination showed that the larger mass (measuring 5 cm) was a block of lymph nodes with metastatic papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. In the adjacent fibroadipose tissue, two lymph nodes with metastatic carcinoid tumor were found. The smaller mass (measuring 2 cm) was a lymph node with metastatic carcinoid tumor. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy with ipsilateral radical neck dissection. Histopatological examination of the thyroid gland showed a lesion of papillary carcinoma, measuring 0.6 cm. No further lesions of carcinoid were found.CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first report of a coexistence of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma and intestinal carcinoid tumor in cervical lymph nodes. |
DOI | 10.1089/thy.2009.0438 |
Alternate Journal | Thyroid |
PubMed ID | 20718681 |