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Thyroid metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Mohd Amin Jalaludin ,
Pathamanathan Rajadurai  and
Rayappan Va Umapati Prasad
Mohd Amin Jalaludin*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pathamanathan Rajadurai
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Rayappan Va Umapati Prasad
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
*
(from 1 January 1995): Dr Mohd Amin Jalaludin, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Abstract

Anaplastic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) metastatic to the thyroid gland is rare. We report the first such case in a 54- year-old Malaysian Chinese woman. The correct diagnosis should be made so that thyroidectomy may be avoided and an appropriate chemoradiotherapeutic regimen instituted.

Keywords

Nasopharyngeal neoplasms, carcinomaNeoplasm metastasisThyroid gland
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 10 , October 1994 , pp. 886 - 888
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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