Thyroid carcinoma is rare comprising 1% of all malignancies and commonly presents as a neck lump. Papillary thyroid carcinoma unlike follicular thyroid carcinoma tends not to metastasise to distant sites. We present a case of papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a solitary asymptomatic pelvic bone metastases and highlight current management of bone metastases. A 59-year old female was foun...

This was an extremely rare case of unusual granular cell tumor of the trachea coexisting with recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma. We initially misdiagnosed this patient as having tracheal invasion from recurrent thyroid carcinoma even after a computed tomography scan and fine-needle aspiration cytology.Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of granular cell tumor of the trachea occurr...

Extraovarian papillary serous carcinoma of the peritoneum is a rare malignancy characterized by peritoneal carcinomatosis presenting with abdominal pain and ascites. This tumor is similar to serous ovarian carcinoma in context to its clinical presentation, histologic appearance, pattern of spread, treatment and prognosis. We hereby report two cases of extraovarian papillary serous carcinoma of ...

Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) located in the isthmus generally has been known to have more extrathyroidal extension (ETE), lymph node involvement, and multifocality. The purpose of this study was determine clinical significance an isthmic location PTC.

concomitant papillary thyroid cancer and parathyroid adenoma is rare. we report a 55 years old female with papillary cancer admitted for surgery. preoperative laboratory findings revealed hypercalcemia and then primary hyperparathyroidism. thyroidectomy, neck dissection and excision of parathyroid adenoma were performed. histological examination revealed parathyroid adenoma. serum calcium retur...

Renal transplantation increases the probability of malignant tumors by about 2-4-fold overall with a much higher rate for renal epithelial malignancy. Renal tumors in renal transplant recipients are commonly conventional clear cell or papillary renal cell carcinoma. Clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma is a recently described unique renal epithelial neoplasm with scant eosinophilic or mode...

Papillary lesions of the breast can be one of the most challenging aspects of mammary pathology because of a wide morphologic spectrum that may be encountered in these lesions. An unusual breast tumor has been first classified as "breast tumor resembling the tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma" and subsequently renamed "tall cell variant of papillary breast carcinoma". To our knowl...

Male breast cancer is a rare disease in the male breast whereas gynecomastia is quite common. An elevation of the estrogen-to-androgen ratio increases the risk of both of these diseases. However, a connection between gynecomastia and subsequent breast cancer development is controversial and unclear. Imaging studies including mammography and ultrasound provide valuable information in leading to ...

Dear Editor: I read with great interest the case report by Sun et al. (1), entitled "Papillary thyroid carcinoma treated with radiofrequency ablation in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report," which was published in the Korean Journal of Radiology (KJR), July 2016. The authors presented a subcentimetic papillary thyroid carcinoma treated by radiofrequency ablation in an inop...

Mature cystic teratoma of the ovary is a frequent event, but thyroid papillary carcinoma and strumal carcinoid appear in mature cystic ovarian teratoma at the same time is extremely rare. The present case is the first patient of mature cystic ovarian teratoma with thyroid papillary carcinoma and strumal carcinoid reported from China in English. A review of the literature is performed, and the c...