Axillary lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma: Report of a case and review of the literature

We report a case of axillary lymph node metastasis as a consequence of recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in a 64-year-old lady. The patient initially presented in 2004 with a 10 × 10 cm size thyroid swelling of approximately 3-year duration and bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy. She under...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of cancer research and therapeutics 2011-04, Vol.7 (2), p.220-222
Main Authors: Krishnamurthy, Arvind, Vaidhyanathan, Anitha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Axillary lymph node metastasis, papillary thyroid carcinoma, prognosis
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Carcinoma
Carcinoma, Papillary - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Papillary - secondary
Carcinoma, Papillary - surgery
Care and treatment
Case studies
Complications and side effects
Diagnosis
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis
Lymphatic system
Metastasis
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - surgery
Radionuclide Imaging
Risk factors
Thyroid cancer
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery
Thyroidectomy
Treatment Outcome
Tumors
Whole Body Imaging
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We report a case of axillary lymph node metastasis as a consequence of recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in a 64-year-old lady. The patient initially presented in 2004 with a 10 × 10 cm size thyroid swelling of approximately 3-year duration and bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy. She underwent total thyroidectomy with bilateral neck dissection then. Pathological examination confirmed that the resected lesions were PTC and nodal metastases from thyroid. On follow-up over the next 6 years, she underwent excisions twice for cervical nodal recurrences. She presented to us in January 2010 with multiple right axillary adenopathy. Therapeutic right axillary dissection was done. Histopathologic examination revealed metastatic PTC with tall cell differentiation in 7 out of the 17 nodes. The patient is currently on thyroxine suppression therapy and remains disease free for the past 6 months. We review our experience and present a brief review of literature.
ISSN:0973-1482
1998-4138
DOI:10.4103/0973-1482.82936