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KMID : 1104520200200020021
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Journal of Endocrine Surgery
2020 Volume.20 No. 2 p.21 ~ p.25
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A Case of Minimally Invasive Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Relapsed as a Large Cervical Lymphadenopathy and Multiple Lung Metastases
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Lee Yong-Moon
Park Jae-Hyun
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Abstract
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Minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma (MIFTC) is a well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma showing subtle capsular invasion and/or 1 to 3 foci of vascular invasion only. Currently, no reliable methods exist that can identify MIFTC in the preoperative stage due of a lack of atypia in follicular cells in fine-needle aspiration cytology and high resemblance to goitre upon radiological examination. True to its name, a MIFTC shows excellent prognosis in the absence of systemic involvement. We report the case of an 81-year-old woman diagnosed with a MIFTC that relapsed as a large cervical lymphadenopathy and multiple lung metastases. This feature of MIFTC associated with rapid growing multiple metastases has not been previously reported.
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KEYWORD
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Follicular thyroid carcinoma, Metastasis
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