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A Case of Thyroid Metastasis from Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma  

Kim Min-Sik (Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine)
Yoo Young-Hwa (Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine)
Cho Kwang-Jae (Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine)
Cho Seung-Ho (Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine)
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Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology / v.18, no.2, 2002 , pp. 203-206 More about this Journal
Abstract
Metastatic carcinomas to the thyroid gland are rare, and thyroid involvement by secondary carcinomas commonly results from direct the extension of malignant cells from adjacent organs such as the larynx or the trachea. The common primary sites of thyroid metastasis are kidney, breast, lung, and lymphoid tissue. Among head and neck cancers, nasopharyngeal carcinoma has a relatively high incidence of distant metastases to other sites and commonly involving sites are bone, lung, and liver. Recently, we experienced a case of a 43-year-old male who had been presented with neck mass for 3 months. He was diagnosed non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 1993. And, thyroid metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma was confirmed by total thyroidectomy. So we report this rare case with the review of literatures.
Keywords
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Distant metastasis; Thyroid gland;
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