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KMID : 1202020150080010067
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Journal of Korean Thyroid Association
2015 Volume.8 No. 1 p.67 ~ p.74
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Ultrasonographic Classification of the Metastases to the Thyroid Gland
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Lee Kwang-Hwi
Shin Jung-Hee
Han Boo-Kyung
Ko Eun-Young
Ko Eun-Sook
Hahn Soo-Yeon
Ryu Ji-Hwa
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Abstract
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Background and Objectives: To classify the metastases to the thyroid gland arising from non-thyroidal malignancies on ultrasound (US).
Materials and Methods: We enrolled 45 consecutive patients with metastases to the thyroid gland from 2005 to 2012. We classified metastases into 4 types; type I: diffuse non-mass forming lesion, type II: a solitary suspicious nodule, type III: multiple suspicious nodules, and type IV: nodule(s) with no suspicion. We subcategorized type I into two subtypes; type IA: diffusely infiltrative lesion, type IB: diffuse micronodulation.
Results: The most frequent primary malignancy of thyroid metastases was lung cancer. The patients with thyroid metastases were 26 (57.8%) in type I; type IA: 16 (35.6%), type IB: 10 (22.2%), 14 (31.1%) in type II, 3 (6.7%) in type III and 2 (4.4%) in type IV. Type I metastasis included 18 of 25 patients with lung cancer and all 3 patients with stomach cancer. Thirty patients (73.3%) having type IA, II or III revealed malignant findings on US, in contrast, 12 (26.7%) patients having type IB or IV revealed no suspicious findings.
Conclusion: Type I (diffuse non-mass forming lesion) was the most common in thyroid metastases. A quarter of thyroid metastases revealed no suspicious findings on US. Thyroid metastases can be considered as a differential diagnosis, when diffuse non-mass forming lesions or nodules with no suspicion are revealed on thyroid US.
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KEYWORD
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Thyroid metastases, Ultrasound, Micronodulation
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