Colon cancer metastasis to the thyroid gland.

نویسندگان

  • Ameen Z Alherabi
  • Osama A Marglani
  • Malak J Gazzaz
  • Mohammed M Abbas
چکیده

Thyroid metastasis originating from colon cancer is an uncommon clinical entity. We present a case of a 40-year-old Saudi male patient that was known to have metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon, and who presented initially with hoarseness of voice. A left thyroid lesion was found and fine-needle aspiration biopsy showed that it was a colon cancer metastasis. His condition later deteriorated with development of stridor. Tracheostomy was performed and the diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy. A high index of suspicion is required to consider colorectal carcinoma metastatic to the thyroid. 

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Saudi medical journal

دوره 35 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014