Choroidal Metastasis from Follicular Cell Thyroid Carcinoma Masquerading as Circumscribed Choroidal Haemangioma | Zendy

Vasilios P. Papastefanou | Zendy; Anmol Arora | Zendy; J L Hungerford | Zendy; Victoria M.L. Cohen | Zendy

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Choroidal Metastasis from Follicular Cell Thyroid Carcinoma Masquerading as Circumscribed Choroidal Haemangioma

Author(s) -

Vasilios P. Papastefanou,

Anmol Arora,

J L Hungerford,

Victoria M.L. Cohen

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

case reports in oncological medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.173

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 2090-6714

pISSN - 2090-6706

DOI - 10.1155/2014/251817

Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid carcinoma , thyroid , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology , follicular cell , metastasis , amelanotic melanoma , lesion , radiology , melanoma , cancer , cancer research

Choroidal metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma are uncommon and usually present as an amelanotic lesion against a background of known systemic disease. We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with a thyroid metastatic focus with unusual clinical presentation, systemic involvement, and early response to systemic treatment. A review of the literature accompanies this case presentation.

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