Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma with Unusual Mandible Metastasis
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, cilt.39, sa.2, ss.160-161, 2024 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Doi Numarası: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_6_24
- Dergi Adı: Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.160-161
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography, mandible metastasis, thyroid cancer
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Follicular thyroid cancer is the second-most common type of thyroid cancer after papillary thyroid cancer. Metastases to the mandible and maxillofacial region are rare. Our study presents a 55-year-old patient who underwent total thyroidectomy for follicular thyroid cancer and subsequent radioactive iodine therapy. Sixteen years after diagnosis, elevated thyroglobulin levels suggested disease recurrence. Using advanced imaging techniques – Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan, bone scintigraphy, and posttreatment I-131 scan-an unexpected metastatic site was identified: the left mandibular condyle. A biopsy confirmed the presence of metastatic follicular thyroid cancer.