RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Colon cancer metastasis to the thyroid gland
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 868
OP 871
VO 35
IS 8
A1 Alherabi, Ameen Z.
A1 Marglani, Osama A.
A1 Gazzaz, Malak J.
A1 Abbas, Mohammed M.
YR 2014
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/35/8/868.abstract
AB Thyroid metastasis originating from colon cancer is an uncommon clinical entity. We present a case of a 40-year-old Saudi male patient that was known to have metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon, and who presented initially with hoarseness of voice. A left thyroid lesion was found and fine-needle aspiration biopsy showed that it was a colon cancer metastasis. His condition later deteriorated with development of stridor. Tracheostomy was performed and the diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy. A high index of suspicion is required to consider colorectal carcinoma metastatic to the thyroid.