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Spontaneous Murine Model of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Published on: February 3, 2023
Colon cancer metastasis to the thyroid gland
Ameen Z Alherabi1, Osama A Marglani, Malak J Gazzaz
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail. herabi@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
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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