A rare case of thyroid metastasis from pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-39

  Kelly, Michael E ^a   Kinsella, John ^b   d'Adhemar, Charles ^c   Swan, Niall ^c   Ridgway, Paul F ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (Ireland)

^b Department of Otolaryngology ^*  (Ireland)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Neoplasm Metastasis; Pancreatic Ductal; Thyroid Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GEMCITABINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; METASTASIS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THYROID METASTASIS; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEOXYCYTIDINE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651477371     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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