NEOPLASMS METASTATIC TO THE THYROID-GLAND

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 155  (4) , 503-505
Abstract
The incidence and pathologic factors of neoplasms metastatic to the thyroid gland in patients seen at the Mayo Clinic [Rochester, Minnesota, USA] were examined. The most frequent primary tumors were renal cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the breast. A review of studies of this topic at other institutions is offered. Fine needle aspiration of the thyroid gland should be used diagnostically in all patients with a prior malignant tumor at a distant site who have a thyroid nodule. A therapeutic approach is suggested which limits thyroidectomy largely to instances of slow growing tumors without evident metastasis elsewhere.

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