Metastasis to thyroid gland
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The most common primary cancer to metastasise 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 metastasised to the thyroid are poor.
Neck lymph nodesnode biopsy reveals metastasisrevealed metastatic adenocarcinoma favourfavouring lung andor colon. Unfortunately no biopsy of the thyroid lesion was done.
-<p>The most common primary cancer to <strong>metastasise 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 metastasised to the <strong>thyroid</strong> are poor.</p><p>Neck lymph nodes biopsy reveals metastasis adenocarcinoma favour lung and colon. Unfortunately no biopsy of the thyroid lesion was done.</p>- +<p>The most common primary cancer to metastasise to the thyroid is <a href="/articles/renal-cell-carcinoma-1" title="Renal cell carcinoma">renal cell carcinoma</a>, 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 metastasised to the thyroid are poor.</p><p>Neck lymph node biopsy revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma favouring lung or colon. Unfortunately no biopsy of the thyroid lesion was done.</p>
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