Solitary intrathyroidal metastasis of renal clear cell carcinoma in a toxic substernal multinodular goiter
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Solitary intrathyroidal metastasis of renal clear cell carcinoma in a toxic substernal multinodular goiter
INTRODUCTION Thyroid gland is a rare site of clinically detectable tumor metastasis. CASE REPORT A 71-year-old woman was referred to our department for an evaluation of toxic multinodular substernal goiter. She had a history of renal clear cell carcinoma of the left kidney, which had been resected 2 years previously. US confirmed the multinodular goiter. Total thyroidectomy with neuromonitori...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thyroid Research
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1756-6614
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6614-1-6