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Diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic metastases of a papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jan 2010
Borschitz Thomas, Eichhorn Waltraud, Fottner Christian, Hansen Torsten, Schad Arno, Schadmand-Fischer Simin, Weber Matthias M, Schreckenberger Mathias, Lang Hauke, Musholt Thomas J
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BACKGROUND: Apart from regional lymph node metastases, systemic metastases occur sporadically in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC). The lung and bones are the most frequent localizations. Additionally known but extremely rare locations are metastases of the skeletal muscles, ovaries, submandibular gland, sphenoidal sinus, brain, adrenals, and, as shown in only two previously published cases to date, the...
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