Follicular thyroid carcinoma presenting with multiple skull metastases on CT and MRI: A case report and literature review

Radiology Case Reports

Xianchen Liu, MA¹  Ying Liu, BA²  Xuezhi Chen, BA³  Xiaoling Gao, BA³  Lianjun Zhou, BA³  Hao Yu, BA³ 

[1] Department of CTMR, Ningcheng County Central Hospital, Ningcheng Inner Mongolia 024200, China;Corresponding author. Zhongjing Street, Tianyi Town, Ningcheng County, Chifeng City, Zip Code：024200.;Department of CTMR, Ningcheng County Central Hospital, Ningcheng Inner Mongolia 024200, China;

关键词: Follicular thyroid carcinoma;    Skull metastasis;    Computed tomography;    Magnetic resonance imaging;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Although the incidence of thyroid carcinoma has increased in recent years, follicular thyroid carcinoma with bone metastasis as the first symptom remains rare. Here, we report a case of occult follicular thyroid carcinoma in a 65-year-old female patient admitted to hospital with cerebrovascular disease. Computed tomography findings suggested a diagnosis of meningioma; however, magnetic resonance imaging results showed multiple skull bone destruction with soft tissue masses on the left side of the skull. After surgical resection, the pathology results revealed skull metastasis of follicular thyroid carcinoma. We present this case not only because of the diagnostic challenge it posed, but also because the patient had multiple skull metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma.

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