Open AccessThe life of a Patient without Adipose Tissue: From Adipocyte Dysfunction to Metabolic Complications
Author(s) -
Sara. IJDDA,
Meriem Ben Lafqih,
Sana. Rafi,
Ghizlane. El Mghari,
Nawal. El Ansari
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
scholars journal of medical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2347-9507
pISSN - 2347-6559
DOI - 10.36347/sjmcr.2022.v10i04.015
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , thyroid carcinoma , adipose tissue , thyroid , clavicle , scapula , disease , spinal cord compression , pathology , surgery , spinal cord , cancer , psychiatry
Follicular thyroid carcinomas have a greater propensity for distal metastasis than papillary and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas. Metastases are most observed in the lungs, followed by the bones. The most common skeletal sites of metastases are the humerus, pelvis, radius, and scapula. In this article, we present an unusual case of a 66-year-old, presented with papillary carcinoma thyroid with clavicle metastasis. Bone metastases have the potential to severely impact the quality of life by causing pain, fractures and spinal cord compression. Due to the lack of cases of patients with distant metastasis reported in the literature, there are still no definitive guidelines to treat these patients. We suggest and encourage the collection of more data on such patients in order to understand the natural history of the disease process and, consequently, in order to be able to formulate guidelines aiming to help clinicians make the right choice when treating patients with distant thyroid metastasis.