Late-onset Metastasis of Intracranial Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
World Neurosurgery, cilt.130, ss.7-9, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 130
- Basım Tarihi: 2019
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.164
- Dergi Adı: World Neurosurgery
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7-9
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Brain metastasis, Papillary thyroid carcinoma, Thyroid
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common subtype of thyroid cancers, accounting for >90% of all thyroid carcinomas. Despite a favorable long-term survival rate of 94.4%, people with distant metastases show worse outcome. Cerebral metastases are slightly uncommon and stand for only 1%−3% of all metastases. Case Description: We present a 56-year-old male patient complaining of serious headaches for >20 days. He underwent thyroidectomy surgery 13 years ago due to papillary thyroid carcinoma and was reported “tumor free” on his follow-ups without any complaints. On his cranial magnetic resonance imaging scan a right temporal mass lesion was detected. During surgery, the tumor was removed and reported as papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis. Conclusion: A case in which a patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma developed brain metastasis after such a long time was not reported in the literature before.