소세포 폐암의 갑상선전이 1예

• Published in: Kosin Medical Journal (Online) pp. 118 - 121
• Main Authors: 장리라, 최영식, 박요한, 문대성, 김자경, 김성은, 최인수, 유찬희, 남성진
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 고신대학교 의과대학 학술지 01-09-2008
• Subjects: 의학일반
• ISSN: 2005-9531; 2586-7024

Metastasis to the thyroid gland is usually considered uncommon. The most frequent sites of the primary tumor include the kidney, breast and lung. Its presence often indicates poor prognosis. Metastases represent the advanced stage of the tumors and fine needle aspiration cytology is and important way of diagnosis in thyroid metastasis.
we experienced a case of Metastatic Small cell Lung Carcinoma to the Thyroid Gland. A 58-year-old man with Graves' disease diagnosed pulmonary nodule in the left upper lung field on his chest X-ray film. The patient's thyroid gland was diffusely swollen, and elastic to hard. A thyroid ultrasonography showed 1cm sized hypodense nodule on the left thyroid gland. The patient underwent a ultrasonography guided fine needle aspiration cytology of the mass. Cytological diagnosis was a metastatic small cell carcinoma. Then Chemotherapy was administered to the patient.
The authors report this rare case of metastatic small cell lung carcinoma to the thyroid with literature review. KCI Citation Count: 0