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Thyroid metastasis from breast cancer presenting with diffuse microcalcifications on sonography: A case report
Author(s) -
Liu YiPei,
Tiu ChuiMei,
Chou YiHong,
Hsu ChihYi,
King KuangLiang,
Lai YiChen,
Wang HsinKai,
Chiou HongJen,
Chang ChengYen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22137
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , radiology , microcalcification , biopsy , metastasis , thyroid neoplasm , mammography , thyroid cancer , papillary thyroid cancer , breast cancer , cancer , pathology
Microcalcifications are frequently associated with papillary thyroid cancers. Metastatic nodules from extrathyroid malignancies may mimic primary thyroid neoplasm on sonography, but do not present with microcalcifications. We report the case of a 45‐year‐old woman with a history of invasive ductal carcinomas of bilateral breasts, status post surgery and neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Four years after surgery, thyroid sonography revealed diffuse microcalcifications without nodular component. Core needle biopsy confirmed thyroid metastasis from primary breast cancer. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 42 :430–432, 2014