Open AccessHepatopulmonary metastases from papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Chunzhang Yang,
Xuan-Wu Chen,
Dong Tang,
Wenjing Yang,
Xiaoxiao Mi,
Junping Shi,
Weiwei Du
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i14.4661
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , radiology , papillary thyroid cancer , thyroid cancer
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common endocrine malignancy. Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) accounts for the majority of PTC cases. However, concurrent pulmonary and hepatic metastases of PTMC are rarely seen. Here, we present a patient with coexisting liver and lung metastases from PTMC.