Journal: | Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes |
Database: | PERIÓDICA |
System number: | 000180087 |
ISSN: | 0100-6991 |
Authors: | Meirelles, Roberto Campos1 Salles, Ronaldo Antonio Reis Vianna |
Institutions: | 1Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitario, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
Year: | 1999 |
Season: | Nov-Dic |
Volumen: | 26 |
Number: | 6 |
Pages: | 397-399 |
Country: | Brasil |
Language: | Portugués |
Document type: | Artículo |
Approach: | Caso clínico |
English abstract | The authors present a case of a female. 43-year-old patient. with a neck mass suggestive of a thyroglossal duct cyst. During the operation. a hard and adherent mass was found and the pathological findings demonstrated a metastatic follicular carcinoma. Despite of the negative image, total thyroidectomy was performed and a small primary tumor of 0,2cm was found in the left inferior lobe. There were only three of these cases reported |
Disciplines: | Medicina |
Keyword: | Cirugía, Endocrinología, Oncología, Conducto tirogloso, Tiroides, Carcinoma, Metástasis, Quistes |
Keyword: | Medicine, Endocrinology, Oncology, Surgery, Thyroglossal duct, Thyroid gland, Carcinoma, Metastasis, Cysts |
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