Thyroid follicular carcinoma presenting as intraorbital, intracranial, and subcutaneous metastasis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2010, Pages e72-e74

  Anoop, Thattungal M ^a   Mini, Puthukuli N ^a   Divya, Kalikavil P ^a   Nikhil, Suraj ^a   Jabbar, Puthiyavettil K ^a  

^a Kottayam Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Follicular carcinoma; Subcutaneous metastasis; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; ORBIT METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ORBIT TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955506486     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.048     Document Type: Note

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