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Tumor-to-tumor metastasis: lung adenocarcinoma metastasizing to a follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Pathology international - 1 Jul 2011
Hashimoto Kazuki, Yamamoto Hidetaka, Nakano Takafumi, Oyama Minako, Shiratsuchi Hideki, Nakashima Torahiko, Tamiya Sadafumi, Komune Shizuo, Oda Yoshinao
Abstract excerpt
Cancer-to-cancer metastasis into a thyroid neoplasm is an uncommon phenomenon with possible diagnostic difficulties. Here, we describe a case of lung adenocarcinoma metastatic into a follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC). A 60-year-old woman with no prior history of malignant neoplasm presented with a nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid gland, some masses in the left lung were found by...
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