Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma presenting as skull base metastasis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2750-2752

  Yan, Bo ^a   Liu, Dian Gang ^a   Lü, Hai Li ^a   Zhang, Qiu Hang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Skull base; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NOSE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKULL BASE TUMOR; THYROID CANCER; THYROID PAPILLARY MICROCARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; METASTASIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149247244     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.19.027     Document Type: Article

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