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Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Visualization in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Thyroid Cancer
Published on: June 9, 2023
[Spinalcord compression secondary to metastases from a non-previous diagnosed thyroid cancer]
N Lorenzo Villalba1, V Saint-Mezard2, M B Alonso Ortiz3
1Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France.
Abstract:
We presented a case of a 73-year-old woman presenting to the emergency department with a spinal cord compression secondary to a T2 mass lesion and needing emergency surgery. The lesion was consistent with a papillary thyroid carcinoma. The patient had a previous history of thyroidectomy in a setting of a multinodular goiter 6 years before. A rereading of the previous anatomopathological thyroid tissue confirmed the presence of a papillary thyroid carcinoma that was initially misdiagnosed.
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