Case Report
Volume: 1 | Issue: 3 | Published: Jan 01, 1970 | Pages: 140 - 143 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/1/33
Pseudo-Lipomas or a camouflage of Metastatic Differentiated Papillary Thyroid Cancer: a case report
Authors: Rashid Rasheed , Jawad Akhtar Gillani , Syed Ali Raza Naqvi , Shahid Rasheed , Ghulam Murtaza , Tatheer Fatima
Article Info
Authors
Rashid Rasheed
Institute of nuclear medicine, oncology, and radiotherapy (INOR), P.O. Box: 2200 Abbottabad, KPK, Pakistan
Jawad Akhtar Gillani
Government College University (GCUF), Allama Iqbal Road, P.O.Box: 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Syed Ali Raza Naqvi
Institute of nuclear medicine, oncology and radiotherapy (INOR), P.O.Box: 2200 Abbottabad, KPK, Pakistan
Shahid Rasheed
Government College University (GCUF), Allama Iqbal Road, P.O. Box: 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Ghulam Murtaza
Institute of nuclear medicine, oncology and radiotherapy (INOR), P.O.Box: 2200 Abbottabad, KPK, Pakistan
Tatheer Fatima
Department of Pharmacy, COMSATs Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Publication History
Received: April 30, 2017
Revised: July 07, 2017
Accepted: July 13, 2017
Published: January 01, 1970
Abstract
Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma is a type of well differentiated cancer showing fair response to iodine ablation therapy. Mainly it spreads into nodes and mediastinum however other areas of metastases include lungs and bone. Case presentation: Female of 54 presented with soft partially mobile lumps in skull and back, associated with chronic pain. These painless lumps were declared lipomas due to their soft consistency on clinical examination, by the local practitioners for last three years. But detailed radiological investigations by tertiary care hospital, followed by FNAC, showed papillary variant of thyroid cancer with metastatic lytic deposits. Conclusion: Clinical examination of all suspicious lumps should be followed by radiological correlation and tissue diagnosis so that patients may avoid future complications.
Keywords: Case report, Pappillary Thyroid Cancer, pseudo-lipomas, green
