Raheel Ahmad
Surgical Unit-I, Holy Family Hospital,
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Case Report
Small Cell Carcinoma Metastasis to Thyroid Gland: A Case Report
Author(s): Saqib Mehmood, Raheel Ahmad, Tayyaba Akram and Jahangir Sarwar KhanSaqib Mehmood, Raheel Ahmad, Tayyaba Akram and Jahangir Sarwar Khan
Lung carcinomas are rarely responsible for the metastatic disease of the thyroid gland. Despite high potential for metastasis of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), thyroid remains a rare site for metastatic disease. Literature review showed only a few cases of small cell carcinoma metastasizing to the thyroid. We present case of a male patient who presented to us with neck swelling which initially posed a great diagnostic difficulty but later diagnosed as metastatic small cell thyroid carcinoma on incisional biopsy. .. View More»
