Tumor-to-tumor metastasis to a thyroid follicular adenoma as the initial presentation of a colonic adenocarcinoma

Pathology International

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 574-579

  Fadare, Oluwole ^a   Parkash, Vinita ^a,b   Fiedler, Paul N ^a,b   Mayerson, Adam B ^a   Asiyanbola, Bolanle ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon carcinoma; Thyroid follicular adenoma; Tumor to tumor metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; THYROTROPIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR BIOPSY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; COLON TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; THYROID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 27144530069     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2005.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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