Thinking outside the box: An unusual presentation of papillary thyroid carcinoma

Authors

  • Oliver Holmes Division of Oncology, Health Sciences Centre, St. John’s, NL, Canada
  • Salam Al-Attar Division of Radiation Oncology, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Canada
  • Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau The University of Ottawa School of Medicine, Ottawa, Canada
  • Bruce Burns Division of Nuclear Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada
  • Samy El-Sayed Division of Anatomical Pathology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

Thyroid malignancies are the most commonly encountered endocrine tumours, for which there is a wide spectrum of disease with varying potential for aggressiveness. Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common occurrence of this malignancy and is typically indolent in nature, rarely progressing to metastatic disease. Our case represents an atypical presentation of metastatic papillary thyroid cancer that was initially believed to be an aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma and provides interesting consideration when composing differential diagnoses.

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Published

2023-11-30

How to Cite

Holmes, O., Al-Attar, S., Pelletier-Galarneau, M., Burns, B., & El-Sayed, S. (2023). Thinking outside the box: An unusual presentation of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Lithos - The Memorial University Medical Journal, 1(2), 13–16. Retrieved from https://journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/MUNMJ/article/view/2655

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023): Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023)

Section

Case Report

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