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http://dx.doi.org/10.21593/kjhno/2021.37.2.105

A Case of Solitary Metastatic Deposit in the Orbital Rim from Follicular Thyroid Cancer  

Jeon, Gyeong Hwa (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine)
Oh, Hyeon Seok (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine)
Choi, In Ho (Department of Pathology Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine)
Byeon, Hyung Kwon (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine)
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Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology / v.37, no.2, 2021 , pp. 105-109 More about this Journal
Abstract
Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is the second most common thyroid cancer, following papillary carcinoma. Metastasis to the orbital rim from FTC is very rare. We recently experienced a case of FTC with metastasis to the orbital rim in a 74-year-old woman, who initially presented with a huge thyroid mass and an asymptomatic solitary orbital rim lesion. The solitary orbital rim lesion was suspected to be a separate disease entity such as lymphoma from the preoperative imaging, but bone metastasis from FTC was finally confirmed after orbital rim resection and total thyroidectomy. During follow-up, the patient presented multiple bone metastasis, so the solitary orbital rim lesion was considered a clinical sign of systemic metastasis from FTC. Therefore, we present this unique case with a review of the literature.
Keywords
Follicular thyroid carcinoma; Bone metastasis; Orbit rim metastasis;
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