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Spinal Cord Compression as Initial Presentation of Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma  

Kim, Dae-Ki (Department of Neurosurgery, National Medical Center)
Jwa, Cheol-Su (Department of Neurosurgery, National Medical Center)
Kim, Kang-Hyun (Department of Neurosurgery, National Medical Center)
Kang, Jae-Kyu (Department of Neurosurgery, National Medical Center)
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society / v.41, no.4, 2007 , pp. 269-271 More about this Journal
Abstract
Follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis rarely manifests as spinal cord compression without any previous symptoms of its malignancy. This report describes a 64-year-old man with follicular thyroid carcinoma who presented initially with left arm motor weakness. Magnetic resonance images demonstrated severe cervical cord compression by a mass with destruction of C4 vertebra. Corpectomy of C4 and anterior interbody fusion was carried out. Histopathological study revealed a metastatic follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. We present our case, especially focused of its possible pathophysiology, with review of pertinent literatures.
Keywords
Spinal cord compression; Thyroid carcinoma; Metastasis;
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