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Abstract
Sternal metastasis of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) is rare, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of sternal metastasis of PDTC in an 83-year-old woman, 2 years after right hemithyroidectomy, treated with sternal resection and reconstruction. CopyrightsEntities:
Year: 2020 PMID: 36238172 PMCID: PMC9432198 DOI: 10.3348/jksr.2020.81.4.939
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Taehan Yongsang Uihakhoe Chi ISSN: 1738-2637
Fig. 1Metastasis of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma to the manubrium of the sternum and level VI lymph nodes on the right side of the neck in an 83-year-old woman, 2 years after right hemithyroidectomy.
A. Thyroid ultrasound shows a round, heterogeneously echoic mass (arrow) in level VI on the right neck, which is one of the three masses at the right hemithyoidectomy site, suggesting lymph node metastasis.
B. Ultrasound of the sternal area shows an 5 cm × 3 cm × 4 cm irregular, hetergoeneously echoic mass (arrows), suggesting sternal metastasis.
C. Axial contrast-enhanced CT images of the chest, with mediastinum (left) and bone (right) window settings, show a heterogeneously enhancing soft-tissue mass measuring 5 cm × 3 cm × 4 cm, in the manubrium of the sternum (arrow, left) with lytic destruction of the sternum (arrow, right). Evidence of sternostomy is seen.
D. Bone scan in the anterior view shows discrete focal activity in the manubrium of the sternum (arrow).
E. FDG PET/CT shows FDG uptake in the sternal mass at 6.8% of the maximum standardized uptake value.
F. The gross specimen shows a huge solid resected sternal mass (left). A photomicrograph of the surgical specimen (right) shows poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma metastasis to the manubrium of the sternum, exhibiting a trabeculated growth pattern (hematoxylin & eosin stain, × 100).
FDG = fludeoxyglucose