Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
- Volume 44 Issue 5
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- Pages.1125-1131
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- 1997
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- 1738-3536(pISSN)
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- 2005-6184(eISSN)
A Case of Occult Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid, Invaded Trachea and Esophagus
기관지 내시경에 의해 진단된 기관과 식도를 침범한 갑상선 잠재성 유두암 1예
- Cho, Deok-Su (Department of Internal Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Ahn, Byung-Yi (Department of Internal Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Lee, Deok-Su (Department of Internal Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Han, Dong-Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Kim, Sang-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Kim, Kwi-Wan (Department of Internal Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center)
- 조덕수 (전주 예수병원 내과) ;
- 안병이 (전주 예수병원 내과) ;
- 이덕수 (전주 예수병원 내과) ;
- 한동호 (전주 예수병원 내과) ;
- 김상영 (전주 예수병원 내과) ;
- 김귀완 (전주 예수병원 내과)
- Published : 1997.10.31
Abstract
Occult papillary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid is known to be indolent, slow metastatic, and has a good prognosis. Occult thyroid carcinoma presenting as a blood-borne metastasis without obvious cervical lymph node involvement is extremely rare. A 65-year-old male patient was visited for hoarseness, dysphagia, and shortness of breath. Bronchoscopy with biopsy revealed a papillary carcinoma of thyroid by immunohistochemical staining. Head & neck CT revealed that involving both the upper esophagus and the posterior tracheal wall, extending into the mediastinum along the upper thoracic spine at