'Miliary metastasis' in a child with papillary thyroid cancer
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Spontaneous Murine Model of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
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Andre Gie1, Pawel Schubert2, Wilhelmina Conradie3
1Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa.
BMJ Case Reports
|June 7, 2022
Abstract:
Lung disease with diffuse nodules has a broad differential diagnosis. We present a case of childhood papillary thyroid carcinoma with diffuse lung metastases in which the diagnosis was delayed due to fact that the diffuse nodules were considered to be pathognomonic of miliary tuberculosis. Diffuse nodular lung disease in children requires a careful diagnostic approach. The role of multidisciplinary involvement in these rare cases is invaluable.
