Papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a solitary soft tissue arm metastasis in an elderly hyperthyroid patient. Case report and review of the literature

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 448, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 857-861

  Pucci, Angela ^a,f   Suppo, Monica ^c   Lucchesi, Giovanni ^b   Celeste, Angela ^a   Viberti, Laura ^b   Pellerito, Riccardo ^d   Papotti, Mauro ^e  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Valdese Hospital   (Italy)

^c CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hyperthyroidism; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Soft tissue metastasis

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIAMAZOLE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE METASTASIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TISSUE SECTION; TOXIC GOITER; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; ARM; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744771980     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-006-0187-4     Document Type: Article

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