Metastatic carcinoma to the thyroid gland: A single institution 20-year experience and review of the literature

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 116-124

  Moghaddam, Parnian Ahmadi ^a   Cornejo, Kristine M ^a   Khan, Ashraf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Intrathyroidal metastasis; Lung adenocarcinoma; Malignant mesothelioma; Metastatic carcinoma; Tumor to tumor metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEREP4; CALCITONIN; CALRETININ; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7; HBME 1 PROTEIN; MAMMOGLOBIN; MOC3 PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY B.72.3; MUCIN; PROTEIN P63; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; ONCOCYTOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID METASTASIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84883487149     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: 15590097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-013-9257-8     Document Type: Article

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