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Published in: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1/2021

01-03-2021 | Computed Tomography | Case Report

Incidental cervical lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid cancer in neck dissection specimens from a tongue squamous cell carcinoma patient: a case report

Authors: Naomi Ishibashi-Kanno, Kenji Yamagata, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Fumihiko Uchida, Toru Yanagawa, Hiroki Bukawa

Published in: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Issue 1/2021

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Abstract

We report a rare case of lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) incidentally detected in a neck dissection specimen of tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). A 42-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed with tongue SCC (T1N0M0, Stage I). Partial glossectomy with supraomohyoid neck dissection was performed under general anesthesia, and histopathological examinations revealed primary SCC of the tongue and neck metastasis of PTC in neck dissection specimens. A few months later, total thyroidectomy and left modified radical neck dissection were performed by thyroid surgeons. The histopathological diagnosis was PTC of both the thyroid glands. There was no evidence of tumor recurrence or distant metastasis at the 9-month follow-up.
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Metadata
Title
Incidental cervical lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid cancer in neck dissection specimens from a tongue squamous cell carcinoma patient: a case report
Authors
Naomi Ishibashi-Kanno
Kenji Yamagata
Satoshi Fukuzawa
Fumihiko Uchida
Toru Yanagawa
Hiroki Bukawa
Publication date
01-03-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1865-1550
Electronic ISSN: 1865-1569
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-020-00894-z

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