Metastatic Colon Cancer to the Thyroid Gland in the Setting of Pathologically Diagnosed Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Review and Report of a Case

Authors

Lee F. Starker, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA.
Flavio Paterno, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA.
Peyman Bjorklund, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA.
Dennis Wasson, Department of Surgery, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport CT, USA.
Nabil Atweh, Department of Surgery, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport CT, USA.

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

World journal of oncology

Abstract

Colon carcinoma metastases to the thyroid are a rare phenomena. Here we report a case of multiple malignant neoplasms where an incidental diagnosis of colon cancer was made after pathologic evaluation of the thyroid specimen.

First Page

33

Last Page

36

DOI

10.4021/wjon276w

Publication Date

2-1-2011

Recommended Citation

Starker, Lee F.; Paterno, Flavio; Bjorklund, Peyman; Wasson, Dennis; and Atweh, Nabil, "Metastatic Colon Cancer to the Thyroid Gland in the Setting of Pathologically Diagnosed Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Review and Report of a Case" (2011). Surgery. 127.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/surgery/127

Identifier

29147222 (pubmed); PMC5649885 (pmc); 10.4021/wjon276w (doi)