Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common form of differentiated thyroid carcinoma. It is generally confined to the neck with or without spread to regional lymph nodes. Metastatic thyroid carcinomas are uncommon and mainly include lung and bone. Metastases involving oral and maxillofacial region are extremely rare. We described a case of malar metastasis revealing a follicular variant of p...

a variety of verrucous and papillary lesions affect the oral mucosa. Those which are benign and reactive, for example squamous papilloma or verruciform xanthoma, usually present little diagnostic difficulty. However, dysplastic and malignant verrucous and papillary lesions are a much greater diagnostic challenge, not helped by confusing terminology. papillary hyperplasia is a reactive inflammat...

Solid papillary carcinoma of breast is rare variety of breast cancer. Here we report one such case of a 46 year female patient presented with painless lump in left breast. After provisional diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in fine needle aspiration cytology, the patient underwent modified radical mastectomy. On histopathology, diagnosis of solid papillary carcinoma of breast was made. The tumor wa...

Lymphocytic thyroiditis and hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) are the two main forms of autoimmune thyroiditis among which the latter is most frequent. A vast majority of cases of papillary carcinoma and primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) arise in the setting of HT. A case of 32-year-old female who presented with thyroid enlargement, post-thyroidectomy showed hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) with coexistent...

BACKGROUND Solitary lateral cervical cystic mass is an uncommon presentation of papillary thyroid carcinoma. OBJECTIVES To report our recent experience in the diagnosis and management of papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a lateral neck cyst. METHODS Patients who had papillary thyroid carcinoma and presented as a painless lateral neck cyst at the Department of Surgery, Al-Ain Hospita...

BACKGROUND Metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma typically appears in local lymph nodes. Skin metastases are rare. PURPOSE A man with progressive metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma who developed a cutaneous metastasis on his nose is described. The clinical manifestations of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma to skin are reviewed. METHODS PubMed was used to search the following term...

Malignant melanoma can be successfully treated when it is identified in its early stages, but the disease is associated with a poor prognosis when it is detected in an advanced stage. Papillary thyroid carcinoma is a thyroid cancer that has a good prognosis. The present study reports a rare case of malignant melanoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma that were diagnosed concurrently and treated s...

Papillary proliferation of the endometrium is an unusual lesion that is composed of papillae with fibrovascular stromal cores covered with benign-appearing glandular epithelium. We studied the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of four cases of endometrial papillary proliferations. All patients were postmenopausal. Two lesions were incidental findings in hysterectomy specimens...

Lymphocytic thyroiditis and hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) are the two main forms of autoimmune thyroiditis among which the latter is most frequent. A vast majority of cases of papillary carcinoma and primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) arise in the setting of HT. A case of 32‐year‐old female who presented with thyroid enlargement, post‐thyroidectomy showed hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) with coexistent...

Ectopic thyroid tissue of nasopharynx is an uncommon phenomenon and papillary thyroid carcinoma arising from the tissue is extremely rare. The authors report a rare case of 16-year-old girl with papillary thyroid carcinoma of nasopharynx. Clinicians were ever confused by adenoid hypertrophy and solved the diagnostic dilemma by adequate examinations. In the case, we mainly emphasize that surgeon...