From: Thyroid metastases from cervical carcinoma: unusual implications for clinicians-case report
Study | Study type | Age | Tumor size(cm) | Features | Ultrasound /CT/MRI | Outcome |
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Cheung AY et al.2000(USA) [7] | Case Reports | 57 | 4 | Twelve months later, due to the rapid enlargement of the goiter, which was causing difficulty in swallowing and breathing, the patient underwent an emergency total thyroidectomy | No inspection | Upon completion of a five-week course of radiotherapy, the clinically enlarged cervical nodes showed complete regression. No survival outcomes were reported |
Singh R et al.2002(USA) [8] | Case Reports | 38 | 8 | One year later, the patient underwent an FNAC examination due to an enlarging neck mass | MRI of the neck showed a large mass on the right side | The patient died six months later despite receiving four cycles of Chemotherapy |
Karapanagiotou E et al.2006 [9] | Case Reports | 68 | 9 | Four years later, a painless swelling in the region of the thyroid gland and a palpable mass on the right side of the neck prompted a biopsy of the thyroid gland | CT showed a large, irregular mass in the right lateral region of the neck | Overall survival following the diagnosis of thyroid metastasis was sixteen months |
Varlı B et al.2019(Greece) [10] | Case Reports | 55 | 3 | Five months after her surgery, she experienced a painless enlargement of the thyroid gland, which was causing dyspnea | Ultrasonography was performe, revealing only a multinodular goiter | A total thyroidectomy was performed to relieve her symptoms. No survival outcome was reported |
Celik SU et al.2016(Turkey) [11] | Case Reports | 56 | 3.4 | The patient had a six-month history of uterine cervical squamous cell carcinoma, with swelling in the neck and severe difficulty in swallowing. She underwent palliative surgery | Ultrasonographic examination of the thyroid revealed bilateral and multiple nodules with both micro- and macrocalcifications | Died five months after the diagnosis of thyroid metastasis |