Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Ectopic Malignancy versus Metastatic Disease

Papillary thyroid carcinoma frequently metastasizes to regional lymph nodes. However, cervical lymph node metastasis as a sole manifestation of occult papillary thyroid carcinoma is rarely observed. Ectopic thyroid is an uncommon condition defined as the presence of thyroid tissue at a site other th...

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Main Authors: Yanery’s Agosto-Vargas, Madeleine Gutiérrez, José Hernán Martínez, Michelle Mangual-Garcia, Coromoto Palermo, Sharon Vélez-Maymi, Luis Hernández-Vázquez, Samayra Miranda-Rodríguez, Alex González-Bossolo, Ernesto Solá-Sánchez, Marianne Hernández-Negrón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9707031