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  • Case Report   
  • Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 2015, Vol 5(3): 189
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000189

The Case of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Presented with Lumbar Spine Metastasis

Yusuf Muhammed Durna1*, Ozgur Yigit1, Engin Acioglu1 and Feray Gunver2
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, , Turkey
2Department of Pathology, Istanbul Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, , Turkey
*Corresponding Author : Yusuf Muhammed Durna, Istanbul Research and Education Hospital, Nazıf Gurman, Istanbul, 34540, Turkey, Tel: +009005309771132, 009002124596563, Fax: +009002124596563, Email: yusufmdkbb@gmail.com

Received Date: Jan 03, 2015 / Accepted Date: Feb 16, 2015 / Published Date: Feb 25, 2015

Abstract

Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most frequent thyroid malignancy with the best prognosis. It constitutes 80- 85% of differentiated thyroid carcinomas. Typically seen in the 3rd and 4th decades, papillary thyroid carcinoma is prevailed among women 2 times greater compared to men. In papillary thyroid carcinoma cases where local lymph node metastasis is frequently seen; lung, bone, and brain metastases are rarely determined. In this case report, the case of papillary thyroid carcinoma presented with lumbar spine metastasis was reported by reviewing the literature data.

Citation: Durna YM, Yigit O, Acioglu E, Gunver F (2015) The Case of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Presented with Lumbar Spine Metastasis. Otolaryngology 5:189. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000189

Copyright: © 2015 Durna YM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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