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ArticleRadiology case reports2021

Follicular thyroid carcinoma presenting with multiple skull metastases on CT and MRI: A case report and literature review.

Ying Liu, Xianchen Liu, Xuezhi Chen, Lianjun Zhou, Xiaoling Gao, Hao Yu

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Ying LiuDepartment of CTMR, Ningcheng County Central Hospital, Ningcheng Inner Mongolia 024200, China.
Xianchen LiuDepartment of CTMR, Ningcheng County Central Hospital, Ningcheng Inner Mongolia 024200, China.
Xuezhi ChenDepartment of CTMR, Ningcheng County Central Hospital, Ningcheng Inner Mongolia 024200, China.
Lianjun ZhouDepartment of CTMR, Ningcheng County Central Hospital, Ningcheng Inner Mongolia 024200, China.
Xiaoling GaoDepartment of CTMR, Ningcheng County Central Hospital, Ningcheng Inner Mongolia 024200, China.
Hao YuDepartment of CTMR, Ningcheng County Central Hospital, Ningcheng Inner Mongolia 024200, China.

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Abstract

Although the incidence of thyroid carcinoma has increased in recent years, follicular thyroid carcinoma with bone metastasis as the first symptom remains rare. Here, we report a case of occult follicular thyroid carcinoma in a 65-year-old female patient admitted to hospital with cerebrovascular disease. Computed tomography findings suggested a diagnosis of meningioma; however, magnetic resonance imaging results showed multiple skull bone destruction with soft tissue masses on the left side of the skull. After surgical resection, the pathology results revealed skull metastasis of follicular thyroid carcinoma. We present this case not only because of the diagnostic challenge it posed, but also because the patient had multiple skull metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma.

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Computed tomographyFollicular thyroid carcinomaMagnetic resonance imagingSkull metastasis

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PMCPMC8403711

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