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Internal Jugular Vein Tumor Thrombus: A Tricky Question for the Thyroid Surgeon
Jean-Baptiste Morvan1, Laurys Boudin2, Denis Metivier3
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University Military Hospital Sainte-Anne, 2, Boulevard Sainte Anne, BP 600, 83000 Toulon, France.
Abstract:
Internal jugular vein tumor thrombus is an extremely rare condition in thyroid carcinoma, but it does exist. Correlated with greater aggressiveness with a higher incidence of distant metastases at diagnosis and a higher recurrence rate, this important prognostic element should be systematically investigated by ultrasound operators in all patients presenting with thyroid carcinoma. The patient's follow-up must be careful. This can be a trap that surgeons must look for in their preoperative checklist. We report the case of a 58-year-old woman with an IJV thrombus associated with multiple bone metastases. She underwent successful surgical treatment, and postoperative pathology showed a poorly differentiated follicular carcinoma of the thyroid and a tumor thrombus in the internal jugular vein.
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