Metastasis to thyroid gland
Diagnosis possible
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The most common primary cancer to metastasize to the thyroid is renal cell carcinoma, followed by malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, and skin, with breast cancer metastases to the thyroid being rare. Overall, the outcomes in malignancies that have metastasized to the thyroid are poor.
Neck lymph nodes biopsy reveals metastasis adenocarcinoma favor lung and colon. Unfortunately no biopsy of the thyroid lesion was done.
-<p>Neck lymph nodes biopsy reveals metastasis adenocarcinoma favor lung and colon. Unfortunately no biopsy of the thyroid lesion was done.</p>- +<p>The most common primary cancer to <strong>metastasize to the thyroid</strong> is <a title="Renal cell carcinoma" href="/articles/renal-cell-carcinoma-1">renal cell carcinoma</a>, followed by malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, and skin, with breast cancer <strong>metastases to the thyroid</strong> being rare. Overall, the outcomes in malignancies that have metastasized to the <strong>thyroid</strong> are poor.</p><p>Neck lymph nodes biopsy reveals metastasis adenocarcinoma favor lung and colon. Unfortunately no biopsy of the thyroid lesion was done.</p>