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Pleural effusion resulting from metastatic papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
A N Vernon1, L R Sheeler, C V Biscotti
1Department of Pulmonary Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation 44195.
Chest
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
We present a patient with a symptomatic pleural effusion resulting from papillary carcinoma of the thyroid metastatic to the pleura. Distinctive features include clinically evident pleural metastasis and the presence of psammoma bodies in the pleural fluid, which are characteristic (albeit not pathognomonic) of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid.