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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2010.43.1.113

Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting as a Huge Mediastinal Cystic Metastasis  

Chekar, Jay Key (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital)
Song, Sang-Yun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital)
Na, Kook-Ju (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital)
Ahn, Byoung-Hee (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital)
Oh, Sang-Gi (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital)
Jeong, In-Seok (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital)
Park, Min-Ho (Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.43, no.1, 2010 , pp. 113-116 More about this Journal
Abstract
The initial presentation of distant metastases in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma is quite rare. Most distant metastases are solid nodular lesions. A 67-year-old man who complained of severe dyspnea underwent surgery due to a large mediastinal cystic mass compressing the trachea and great vessels. Pathologically, the cystic mass was a metastatic thyroid papillary carcinoma. The thyroid evaluations were compatible with a well differentiated thyroid carcinoma. An occult thyroid carcinoma presenting as a large mediastinal cystic lesion is extremely rare.
Keywords
Mediastinal neoplasm; Cyst; Thyroid carcinoma; Neoplasm metastasis;
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