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Journal of Medical Case Reports
Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Case report

Isolated thyroid metastasis revealed an unknown lung adenocarcinoma: a case report

Authors: J. Khalil, F. Elomrani, M. Benoulaid, H. Elkacemi, T. Kebdani, H. Errihani, N. Benjaafar

Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Introduction

Cancer metastasis to the thyroid is extremely rare. The most common sites that have been reported to metastasize to the thyroid gland are breast and kidney. As to primary lung cancer metastasizing to the thyroid gland, only a few cases have been described in the literature.

Case presentation

We report a case of a 37-year-old white Arabian woman who had never smoked tobacco products for whom a malignant thyroid mass revealed a primary lung tumor. She had a surgical excision for both the thyroid and the pulmonary tumors, and received adjuvant chemotherapy. At 1 year, she is still in remission.

Conclusions

Our case is rare as it describes a case where the thyroid lesion was the revealing sign of an unknown lung carcinoma. Management of thyroid metastases should depend on the individual situation and surgical excision should be proposed whenever a patient’s condition is favorable.
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Metadata
Title
Isolated thyroid metastasis revealed an unknown lung adenocarcinoma: a case report
Authors
J. Khalil
F. Elomrani
M. Benoulaid
H. Elkacemi
T. Kebdani
H. Errihani
N. Benjaafar
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0663-z

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