Open AccessIsolated intrathyroidal metastasis revealing an occult lung adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
Sunil Pasricha,
Jatin Gandhi,
Anurag Mehta,
Gurudutt Gupta
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.93240
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , thyroid , metastasis , lung , adenocarcinoma , work up , pathology , radiology , cytology , cancer , alternative medicine
Thyroid gland is an uncommon site of tumor metastasis inspite of rich vascular supply. Most of the cases are picked up after the diagnosis or during the work up for the primary. Unexpected involvement of thyroid gland as the first presenting sign in a primary lung adenocarcinoma is an extremely rare, however, clinically significant finding, upstaging the disease. Fine needle aspiration cytology as a primary tool for detecting metastasis in thyroid is a rapid procedure, associated with high accuracy and low morbidity.