Alherabi Ameen Z, Marglani Osama A, Gazzaz Malak J, Abbas Mohammed M
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail.
Saudi Med J. 2014 Aug;35(8):868-71.
Thyroid metastasis originating from colon cancer is an uncommon clinical entity. We present a case of a 40-year-old Saudi male patient that was known to have metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon, and who presented initially with hoarseness of voice. A left thyroid lesion was found and fine-needle aspiration biopsy showed that it was a colon cancer metastasis. His condition later deteriorated with development of stridor. Tracheostomy was performed and the diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy. A high index of suspicion is required to consider colorectal carcinoma metastatic to the thyroid.
