Open AccessMetastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to the thyroid gland with widespread nodal involvement: A case report
Author(s) -
Xing Zhang,
Xin Gu,
Jiagen Li,
Xian-Jie Hu
Publication year - 2020
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.v8.i19.4588
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , malignancy , esophagus , pathology , radiology , thyroid cancer , metastasis , fine needle aspiration , esophageal cancer , carcinoma , neck mass , biopsy , cancer
Esophageal cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death. Some patients with esophageal cancer have distant metastases at the time of diagnosis, but metastasis to the thyroid gland (MTG) and multifocal thyroid lesions alone are extremely rare.