Papillary thyroid cancer with suspicious uterine cervix metastasis: a case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Distant metastasis (DM) of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is rare but significantly associated with decreased survival. Accurate clinical staging at initial diagnosis and during follow-up is essential.

Case description

We report the case of a 38-year-old woman diagnosed with PTC in the left isthmus who presented with a suspicious uterine cervix metastasis during follow-up after total thyroidectomy. She had neither medical history nor family history of thyroid cancer. During surgery, extensive central node metastases were found, and bilateral total thyroidectomy was performed. Even after three rounds of radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation, persistently elevated serum thyroglobulin (Tg) levels, combined with a suspicious finding on the whole-body scan (WBS) and fluoro

SUBMITTER: Kim MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9346220 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature