Mediastinum Anthracosis Resembling Metastatic Carcinoma from Thyroid Gland.
10.4174/jkss.2010.78.3.192
- Author:
Yong Sang LEE
1
;
Soon Won HONG
;
Kee Hyun NAM
;
Woong Youn CHUNG
;
Hang Seok CHANG
;
Cheong Soo PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. surghsc@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Anthracosis;
Mediastinum;
Papillary thyroid carcinoma;
Metastasis
- MeSH:
Anthracosis;
Carcinoma;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Female;
Humans;
Lymph Nodes;
Mediastinum;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Thyroid Gland;
Thyroid Neoplasms
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2010;78(3):192-194
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The differential diagnosis of mediastinal lymph node enlargement is mandatory, since the diagnosis of mediastinal lymph node enlargement covers a broad spectrum of diseases including inflammatory reactions, infections, and cancer metastases. We describe here a 51-year-old woman with anthracosis in mediastinal lymph node, mimicking metastatic carcinoma from the thyroid gland.
