Multiple bone metastasis from an initially missed diagnosed follicular thyroid carcinoma in thyroid lobectomy 5 years earlier: A case report.

Authors

Wilairat Prasert, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University
Jutatip Kintarak, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University

Keywords

Missed diagnosis, Follicular thyroid carcinoma, Bone metastasis, Skull metastasis

Abstract

Case: A 53-year-old woman underwent right thyroid lobectomy 5 years ago, which was initially diagnosed as benign goiter. She developed her hip pain with osteolytic lesions both hips and multiple bone metastases. The pathology of iliac bone biopsy was adenocarcinoma with TTF-1 and Thyroglobulin positive, suggesting thyroid carcinoma of high possibility.

Recommended Citation

Prasert, Wilairat and Kintarak, Jutatip. 2020 Multiple bone metastasis from an initially missed diagnosed follicular thyroid carcinoma in thyroid lobectomy 5 years earlier: A case report.. Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine. 20, 2 (Apr. 2020 ), 185-188.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.70933/2773-9465.1700

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