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ea0035p305 | Clinical case reports Thyroid/Others | ECE2014

Follicular thyroid carcinoma presenting with occipital bone and lung metastasis

Sacikara Muhammed , Aydin Cevdet , Saglam Fatma , Poyraz Nilufer Yildirim , Kandemir Zuhal , Yazgan Aylin Kilic , Ersoy Reyhan , Cakir Bekir

When follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is diagnosed, 25% of the patients extrathyroidal invasion, 5–10% lymphatic metastasis and 10–20% distant metastasis are determined. The most common site of distant metastases of FTC is the lung, followed by the bone. The incidence of skull metastasis of FTC is about 2.5–5.8%. Skull metastasis of FTC was located in the skull base and occipital area.Case: A 60-year-old man admitted at 2006. He was oper...