Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting as a Huge Mediastinal Cystic Metastasis.
- Author:
Jay Key CHEKAR
1
;
Sang Yun SONG
;
Kook Ju NA
;
Byoung Hee AHN
;
Sang Gi OH
;
In Seok JEONG
;
Min Ho PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mediastinal neoplasm;
Cyst;
Thyroid carcinoma;
Neoplasm metastasis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Carcinoma;
Carcinoma, Papillary;
Dyspnea;
Humans;
Mediastinal Cyst;
Mediastinal Neoplasms;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Thyroid Gland;
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Trachea
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2010;43(1):113-116
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The initial presentation of distant metastases in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma is quite rare. Most distant metastases are solid nodular lesions. A 67-year-old man who complained of severe dyspnea underwent surgery due to a large mediastinal cystic mass compressing the trachea and great vessels. Pathologically, the cystic mass was a metastatic thyroid papillary carcinoma. The thyroid evaluations were compatible with a well differentiated thyroid carcinoma. An occult thyroid carcinoma presenting as a large mediastinal cystic lesion is extremely rare.
