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Sacral Metastasis in Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma: Cytology Pitfalls and Serum Thyroglobulin Utility.

Kinh Kha Nguyen, Dinh Kinh Hoang, Quoc Trung Lam, Thanh Phong Lenh

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  1. Serious Concern Regarding Omission of Local Control in a Large Sacral Metastasis.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports
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Kinh Kha NguyenUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.ORCID 0009-0001-2609-3781
Dinh Kinh HoangUniversity Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Quoc Trung LamUniversity Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Thanh Phong LenhUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.ORCID 0009-0006-8700-3272

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sacral bone metastasis from primary follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is rare. Most reported cases include factors indicative of thyroid origin, such as a history of treated thyroid cancer or newly identified thyroid nodules with malignant cytology. We herein report a 57-year-old woman with a metastatic sacral lesion of thyroid origin, initially misdiagnosed due to a false-negative fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology result of a thyroid nodule. The diagnosis was suspected based on an abnormally elevated serum thyroglobulin (sTg) level and confirmed through repeat core biopsy with thyroid-specific immunohistochemistry. This case highlights the limitations of FNA cytology in large thyroid nodules and underscores the potential role of sTg in diagnosing metastatic FTC in certain clinical scenarios. Thyroid carcinoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of sacral metastases when the primary tumor is unknown.

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Adenocarcinoma, FollicularBone NeoplasmsSacrumSpinal NeoplasmsThyroglobulinThyroid NeoplasmsBiopsy, Fine-NeedleDiagnosis, DifferentialDiagnostic ErrorsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedThyroid NoduleThyroglobulinfalse-negative fine-needle aspiration cytologyfollicular thyroid carcinomasacral bone metastasisserum thyroglobulin

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PMID40276918
PMCPMC12035245

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