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| Issue : 2 | Page : 83-85 |
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Incidental detection of thyroid lung metastasis 20 years after thyroidectomy
Sabeena Shahul Hameed, Anjali Arackal, Kattadiyil Poulose Poulose
Department of Medicine, SUT Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Correspondence Address:
Sabeena Shahul Hameed
Sha Mahal, TC 55/424, Pappanamcode PO, Trivandrum- 18, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-0354.110596
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A 43-year-old woman, with fibroid uterus and menorrhagia with no symptoms attributable to the respiratory system was posted for hysterectomy. Preoperative chest X-ray showed multiple rounded opacities in both lung fields. Thyroidectomy for papillary carcinoma thyroid was performed 20 years back. Further investigations revealed recurrence of thyroid cancer with bilateral lung metastasis. |
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