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Published on: February 3, 2023
Isolated submandibular gland metastasis from an occult papillary thyroid cancer
A K Sarda1, D Pandey, S A Bhalla
1Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College & Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi-110002, India. aksarda@rediffmail.com
Abstract:
A case of an isolated submandibular gland metastasis from a clinically occult papillary thyroid carcinoma is described in a 46-year old lady. Initial surgery was done based on the fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) report of adenocarcinoma of the submandibular gland. Histopathologic examination of the specimen suggested a metastatic papillary carcinoma. Occult papillary carcinoma in the thyroid was found by multiple blind FNACs. Subsequently to near-total thyroidectomy, no other site of metastasis was found on radio-iodine scanning.
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