METASTATIC THYROID-CARCINOMA PRESENTING AS AN EXPANSILE INTRALUMINAL ESOPHAGEAL MASS

Authors
COONEY BS LEVINE MS SCHNALL MD
Citation
Bs. Cooney et al., METASTATIC THYROID-CARCINOMA PRESENTING AS AN EXPANSILE INTRALUMINAL ESOPHAGEAL MASS, Abdominal imaging, 20(1), 1995, pp. 20-22
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
20 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1995)20:1<20:MTPAAE>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We report a patient with metastatic thyroid carcinoma invading the eso phagus in whom barium and MR examinations revealed an expansile intral uminal mass indistinguishable from that of a primary esophageal malign ancy. Metastatic thyroid carcinoma should therefore be included in the differential diagnosis of an expansile esophageal mass. As in our pat ient, MR imaging may be useful for showing that the mass originates in the thyroid gland.