Skull metastasis of follicular thyroid carcinoma

Authors: Özdemir, N.¹; Şenoğlu, M.¹; Dursun Acar, Ü.¹; Şerefettin Canda, M.²

Source: Acta Neurochirurgica, Volume 146, Number 10, October 2004 , pp. 1155-1158(4)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Metastasis of a follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) to the skull is very rare. We present a case of solitary lytic skull metastasis of a FTC in a 30-year-old woman. The patient presented with bulging on the left side of the head. Neuro-imaging techniques showed a lesion with an osteolytic component in the left frontal region. After a left frontal craniectomy the tumour was removed totally. The histopathological examination revealed a well-differentiated FTC metastasis and a complete total thyroidectomy was subsequently performed. The patient was given thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression therapy followed by whole body iodine-131 (I¹³¹) internal radiation.

Keywords: Skull metastasis; follicular thyroid carcinoma; frontal bone

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00701-004-0290-8

Affiliations: 1: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, 011011011011011011Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey, 2: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, 011011011011011011Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey,

Publication date: 2004-10-01