Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Mimicking Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Following Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy

SEVİNÇ A. İ., Canda A. E., ÜNEK T., Canda S., KOÇDOR M. A., Saydam S., ...More

THYROID, vol.20, no.1, pp.115-117, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Letter
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1089/thy.2009.0101
  • Journal Name: THYROID
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.115-117
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Cutaneous metastases from well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas are rare and usually identified in patients with widely disseminated disease. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) has become an acceptable method for the assessment of thyroid nodules. Very rarely needle track dissemination of tumor cells in the thyroid nodule occurs, but, when this occurs, it is evident many years after the FNAB. We report a patient who appears to have tumor dissemination from an FNAB needle track only 4 months after the procedure.