Preuss Simon F, Stenzel Mark, Hansen Torsten
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital School of Medicine, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2005 Oct;262(10):804-6. doi: 10.1007/s00405-004-0906-x. Epub 2005 Jul 8.
Metastatic spread of solid tumors to the thyroid is a rare finding in patients with thyroid nodules. The most frequent sites of the primary tumor include the kidney, breast and lung. Work up of patients with a cold thyroid nodule and a history of cancer should therefore rule out other metastasizing cancer or recurrence of the previous tumor using fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid mass. We report the case of a 64-year-old male with metastatic spread of a bronchial carcinoma to the thyroid and the management of this case.
