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KMID : 0364020100430010113
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2010 Volume.43 No. 1 p.113 ~ p.116
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Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting as a Huge Mediastinal Cystic Metastasis
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Chekar Jay-Key
Song Sang-Yun
Ahn Byung-Hee
Na Kook-Joo
Oh Sang-Gi
Jeong In-Seok
Park Min-Ho
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Abstract
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The initial presentation of distant metastases in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma is quite rare. Most distant metastases are solid nodular lesions. A 67-year-old man who complained of severe dyspnea underwent surgery due to a large mediastinal cystic mass compressing the trachea and great vessels. Pathologically, the cystic mass was a metastatic thyroid papillary carcinoma. The thyroid evaluations were compatible with a well differentiated thyroid carcinoma. An occult thyroid carcinoma presenting as a large mediastinal cystic lesion is extremely rare.
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KEYWORD
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Mediastinal neoplasm, Cyst, Thyroid carcinoma, Neoplasm metastasis
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