Thyroid Cancer Initially Presenting Compression Fracture without Common Thyroid Symptoms.
10.5535/arm.2012.36.5.735
- Author:
Dong Hwan KIM
1
;
Seung Don YOO
;
Sung Min KIM
;
Sung Jig IM
;
Jin Kyu KANG
;
Eun Hye CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Korea. zink520@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Follicular thyroid carcinoma;
Spinal metastasis;
Compression fracture
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular;
Buttocks;
Carcinoma;
Fractures, Compression;
Humans;
Incidence;
Low Back Pain;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Neck;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Thyroid Diseases;
Thyroid Gland;
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Thyroid Nodule
- From:Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
2012;36(5):735-738
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Thyroid carcinoma is the commonest endocrinological malignancy. After papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is the second most common histological subtype. Common presentations of FTC include a solitary thyroid nodule and cervical lymphadenopathy. The incidence of individuals diagnosed with thyroid cancer showing initially distant metastatic disease ranges from 1 to 9%. Also, the incidence of solitary bone metastasis from thyroid is only 2 to 3%. We report a case of a patient with FTC whose initial presentation was low back pain and right buttock pain due to vertebral metastasis rather than the usual neck lumps or symptoms of thyroid disease.
