Diagnostic problems with follicular thyroid cancer – case study

• Authors: Monika Koziolek , Anna Sieradzka , Michal Jakuszewski , Lilianna Osowicz-Korolonek , Katarzyna Karpinska-Kaczmarczyk , Anhelli Syrenicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The diagnosis of follicular thyroid cancer is based on postoperative histopathology assessment. In its minimally invasive form, the signs of vascular invasion and capsular infiltration may sometimes be seen only in a small tumor fragment; hence, the diagnosis should be based on multiple histopathology specimens. This case study is a report on a 70-year-old female who was diagnosed with spinal metastasis of follicular thyroid cancer. This diagnosis was established 5 years after partial strumectomy due to goiter and there were no signs of thyroid cancer in postoperative histopathology assessment. Based on this case and literature reports, the authors conclude that the diagnosis of follicular thyroid cancer, especially its minimally invasive forms, may pose a diagnostic problem even when based on postoperative histopathology.

Keywords

EN

minimally invasive follicular; thyroid cancer; bone metastasis

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 5-7

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2014

accepted

24 - 1 - 2014

online

30 - 5 - 2014

received

9 - 1 - 2014

Contributors

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Monika Koziolek

• Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland

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Anna Sieradzka

• Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland

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Michal Jakuszewski

• Clinic of Orthopaedics and Traumathology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland

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Lilianna Osowicz-Korolonek

• Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland

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Katarzyna Karpinska-Kaczmarczyk

• Department of Patomorphology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland

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Anhelli Syrenicz

• Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/cipms-2014-0001