| Literature DB >> 21332990 |
Majid Mushtaque1, Sameer H Naqash, Ajaz A Malik, Rayees A Malik, Samina A Khanday, Parwez S Khan.
Abstract
Papillary carcinoma of thyroid is the most common type of thyroid neoplasm which is usually confined to the thyroid and tends to metastasize to regional lymph nodes. Distant metastasis occur in up to 15% of cases. Thymic metastasis from any malignant carcinoma is extremely rare with only four cases reported in medical literature. We report a case of papillary carcinoma of thyroid metastasizing to ectopic cervical thymus which has not been previously reported.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21332990 PMCID: PMC3050764 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-9-22
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Surg Oncol ISSN: 1477-7819 Impact factor: 2.754