Follicular thyroid carcinoma, initially presenting as spinal cord compression due to metastatic lesions, is a less reported event. We present two cases of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma that led to spinal cord compression. A thorough search of the literature revealed only five similar cases.
Hyperfunctioning metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma in pendred's syndrome
โ Scribed by Roger Abs; Johan Verhelst; Eric Schoofs; Emmanuel de Somer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 299 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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