Journal article
Metastasis of follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma masquerading as primary temporal bone tumour
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We describe the first published case of papillary thyroid carcinoma metastatic to the temporal bone.
CASE REPORT: A 64-year-old woman presented with a large left temporal bone mass centred in the jugular foramen, initially thought to be a paraganglioma or schwannoma. She was simultaneously being investigated for a left-sided thyroid nodule, which was found to be unremarkable on repeated fine needle aspiration cytology. A biopsy of …
Authors
Hugh SC; Enepekides D; Wong J; Yeung R; Lin VYW
Journal
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology, Vol. 125, No. 5, pp. 528–532
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
5 2011
DOI
10.1017/s0022215110002926
ISSN
0022-2151