Summary
Distant metastases from occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, which is defined as a tumor less than 15 mm in diameter, are extremely rare. A 21-year-old patient with miliary micronodular densities in both lungs is described, in whom pulmonary lymphangitic spread of occult papillary thyroid carcinoma was diagnosed by thransthoracic lung biopsy.
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Abbreviations
- BAL:
-
bronchoalveolar lavage
- TBB:
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transbronchial biopsy
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Fend, F., Gruber, U., Fritzsche, H. et al. Occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid with pulmonary lymphangitic spread diagnosed by lung biopsy. Klin Wochenschr 67, 687–690 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718031
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