Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Thyroid, Presenting Like Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Metastasis of uterine cancer to the head and neck is extremely rare. We report what we believe to be the first documented case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma metastasizing to the thyroid gland. An 80-year-old woman was referred to the otolaryngology service with a rapidly growing neck mass. The mass...
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| author | Natasha Pollak Gregory J. Renner Ronald Miick Shellaine R. Frazier |
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| description | Metastasis of uterine cancer to the head and neck is extremely rare. We report what we believe to be the first documented case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma metastasizing to the thyroid gland. An 80-year-old woman was referred to the otolaryngology service with a rapidly growing neck mass. The mass appeared to originate from the thyroid gland. Her clinical presentation was consistent with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. A tracheostomy was performed. An open biopsy established the diagnosis of moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, consistent with a gynecologic primary. The patient had undergone a hysterectomy 5 years prior for endometrioid adenocarcinoma. The thyroid tumor histology and immunophenotype corresponded well with her prior endometrial carcinoma, indicating that the thyroid mass was a metastasis from the endometrial primary. Radiotherapy appears to offer good local disease control in this rare case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma metastatic to the thyroid. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2e7fe62c1483427ab5f2ecbc38c330532025-02-03T05:46:23ZengWileyCase Reports in Endocrinology2090-65012090-651X2011-01-01201110.1155/2011/246872246872Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Thyroid, Presenting Like Anaplastic Thyroid CancerNatasha Pollak0Gregory J. Renner1Ronald Miick2Shellaine R. Frazier3Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Kresge West, 3rd floor, 3400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USADepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65212, USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USADepartment of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65212, USAMetastasis of uterine cancer to the head and neck is extremely rare. We report what we believe to be the first documented case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma metastasizing to the thyroid gland. An 80-year-old woman was referred to the otolaryngology service with a rapidly growing neck mass. The mass appeared to originate from the thyroid gland. Her clinical presentation was consistent with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. A tracheostomy was performed. An open biopsy established the diagnosis of moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, consistent with a gynecologic primary. The patient had undergone a hysterectomy 5 years prior for endometrioid adenocarcinoma. The thyroid tumor histology and immunophenotype corresponded well with her prior endometrial carcinoma, indicating that the thyroid mass was a metastasis from the endometrial primary. Radiotherapy appears to offer good local disease control in this rare case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma metastatic to the thyroid.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/246872 |
| spellingShingle | Natasha Pollak Gregory J. Renner Ronald Miick Shellaine R. Frazier Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Thyroid, Presenting Like Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Case Reports in Endocrinology |
| title | Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Thyroid, Presenting Like Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
| title_full | Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Thyroid, Presenting Like Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
| title_fullStr | Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Thyroid, Presenting Like Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Thyroid, Presenting Like Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
| title_short | Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Thyroid, Presenting Like Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
| title_sort | endometrioid adenocarcinoma metastatic to the thyroid presenting like anaplastic thyroid cancer |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/246872 |
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