Open AccessColorectal cancer metastases to the thyroid gland: A case report
Author(s) -
Patricia Ciriano Hernández,
Carlos Martínez Pinedo,
Enrique Calcerrada Alises,
Esther García Santos,
Susana Sánchez García,
Rafael Picón Rodríguez,
Elisa Jiménez Higuera,
Daniel Sánchez Peláez,
Violeta Herrera Montoro,
Josh Cuevas Fernandez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v12.i3.116
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , rectum , colorectal cancer , adenocarcinoma , thyroid cancer , cancer , metastasis , primary tumor , disease , chemoradiotherapy , oncology , therapeutic approach , surgery
Secondary malignancies of the thyroid gland are a rare finding in clinical practice. In addition, colorectal metastasis to the thyroid (CMT) is even more infrequently diagnosed. The source of the primary tumor follows demographic and ethnic patterns, which reflects the most prevalent malignancies in the different populations. Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide; nevertheless, CMT is infrequently diagnosed. Most of them are identified during the follow-up of gastrointestinal primary malignancies. Due to the improvement of image techniques, oncological treatment, and follow-up, survival and consequent diagnosis of metastatic disease are more frequent. Those facts make this entity a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, due to the lack of information and the difficulties performing clinical trials and research.