Author/Authors :
Batıoğlu-Karaaltın, Ayşegül İstanbul Education and Research Hospital - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Turkey , Azizli, Elad MediEnt Hospital - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Turkey , Ersözlü, İlker ETA Pathology, Turkey , Yiğit, Özgür İstanbul Education and Research Hospital - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Turkey , Cansız, Harun Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Turkey
Abstract :
Background: Carcinoma of the thyroid gland is one of the most commonly encountered endocrine malignancies. Papillary carcinoma is the most common histological type, and its spread is usually lymphatic. About 30-80% patients with papillary carcinoma develop lymphatic metastases. Case Report: We present here the case of a 70-year-old female patient who had undergone total thyroidectomy 10 years previously, with a histological diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma. A neck dissection was performed ten years after the primary operation due to a mass in the parapharyngeal space and hypopharynx. The mass was diagnosed histologically as papillary thyroid cancer metastasis after the operation. Conclusion: Lymphatic and vascular metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma separately to the parapharyngeal space and hypopharynx have rarely been reported. In our case, both hypopharyngeal and parapharyngeal space involvement were presented, which is a very rare condition.
Keywords :
Hypopharynx , metastasis , parapharyngeal space , thyroid carcinoma
