TY  - JOUR
T1  - Papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting with mandibular metastasis: An unusual presentation
A1  - Rajjyoti Das
A1  - Mahesh Kumar
A1  - Jagannath Sharma
A1  - Manigreeva Krishnatreya
A1  - Partha Chakraborty
A1  - Amal Kataki
JF  - Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal
JO  - Clin Cancer Investig J
SN  - 2278-0513
Y1  - 2014
VL  - 3
IS  - 5
DO  - 10.4103/2278-0513.138073
SP  - 426
EP  - 428
N2  - Mandibular metastasis from papillary carcinoma of the thyroid is extremely rare. We report here a case of metastatic swelling on the mandible due to papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. The patient presented with jaw swelling and the thyroid lesion was an incidental finding on clinical examination. Computed tomogram scan revealed the presence of a contrast enhanced lesion in the thyroid and lytic expansile lesion in the body of the mandible. The diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with mandibular metastasis was made after cytological examination of both the lesions. The patient was treated with surgery followed by radioiodine ablation. In conclusion, metastatic tumor to the jaw from a PTC is an extremely rare phenomenon and in the differential diagnosis of a metastatic jaw swelling small primary tumors of the thyroid should be excluded.
UR  - https://ccij-online.org/article/papillary-thyroid-carcinoma-presenting-with-mandibular-metastasis:-an-unusual-presentation-263
ER  -