Follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis rarely presents with clinical picture of spinal cord compression. This report describes a 53 years old patient with follicular thyroid carcinoma who presented with paraplegia and urinary incontinence. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of neck revealed a mass with destruction of C5 and extension to C6. Histopathology study demonstrated metastatic carcinoma of thyroid.

Download full-text PDF

Source

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

follicular thyroid
12
thyroid carcinoma
12
paraplegia initial
4
initial presentation
4
presentation follicular
4
thyroid
4
carcinoma
4
carcinoma follicular
4
carcinoma metastasis
4
metastasis rarely
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!