Alzaraa Ahmed, Stone Jason, Williams Glyn, Ahmed Irfan, Quraishi Mohammed
Department of Otolaryngology, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster, UK.
J Med Case Rep. 2008 Sep 9;2:297. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-297.
The parotid gland and the great cervical veins are very rarely involved in a metastatic thyroid cancer.
We report an interesting case of an unusual metastasis of a thyroid follicular carcinoma including the histopathological and radiological findings. A woman was seen in the otolaryngology clinic with a mass at the angle of the left side of her jaw. Clinical examination and investigations confirmed a thyroid follicular carcinoma with metastases to the parotid gland and the internal jugular vein.
This is an educational case which highlights the importance of close communication between clinicians, histopathologists and radiologists to ensure that such rare cases are not missed.