Papillary thyroid carcinoma with an uncommon spread of hematogenous metastases to the choroid and the skin

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-107

  Bucerius, Jan ^a   Meyka, Susanne ^a   Bangard, Michael ^b   Biersack, Hans Jürgen ^a   Eter, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Praxisgemeinschaft für Nuklearmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dermatology; Metastasis; Ophthalmic; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 38949122753     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31183-4     Document Type: Article

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