Bone metastases without primary tumor: A well-differentiated follicular thyroid carcinoma case

J Cancer Res Ther. 2018 Jan-Mar;14(2):447-450. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.199391.

Abstract

Metastases to the bone are the most common malignant bone tumors. Prostate, breast, and lung carcinomas are the most common primaries of bone metastases. Bone metastases show poor prognosis in means of median survival; however, some patients with highly curable tumors such as thyroid carcinoma may benefit from treatment. We report and discuss a unique case of a 70-year-old female patient presenting with arm pain, diagnosed with metastatic well-differentiated follicular carcinoma without a primary tumor in the thyroid.

Keywords: Bone metastases; thyroid carcinoma; thyroid neoplasms; thyroid nodule.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / pathology
  • Aged
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Radiography, Thoracic

Supplementary concepts

  • Thyroid cancer, follicular