Internal Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-8048
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ISSN: 2165-8048
+44 1300 500008
Neha Gupta
Banner Medical Group,
14502 W Meeker Blvd, Sun City West. AZ 85375
Tanzania
Case Report
Surgery for Isolated Metachronous Thyroid Metastasis in a Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma Patient with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: A Case Report
Author(s): Shipra Gandhi, Neha Gupta, Saraswati Pokharel and Grace K. DyShipra Gandhi, Neha Gupta, Saraswati Pokharel and Grace K. Dy
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in Western population. Chemotherapy with platinum-based regimens is the first line management for majority of advanced NSCLC. Distant metastasis in lung cancer commonly involves the adrenal glands, liver, bones and brain. Metastatic involvement of the thyroid gland is infrequent despite its rich vascular supply. Here, we report a case of thyroid metastasis of NSCLC as a primary which was treated by thyroidectomy which is not the conventional approach. A 71 year-old female with a solitary left lower lobe lung mass was diagnosed with invasive poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma. She was treated with cisplatin and pemetrexed followed by video-assisted thoracoscopic left lower lobectomy. The resected mass showed poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma and was staged as pT2bN0 (Stage IIA). On a surveillance .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-8048.1000176