Clue to the diagnosis on chest X-ray in a child with neck swelling

Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2020 Apr;105(2):97-98. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315856. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

Abstract

Differentiated thyroid cancer is a rare disease in children and adolescents and manifests exclusively in the form of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). We present a rare case of PTC who presented initially with lung symptoms and miliary nodules on chest X-ray. This case emphasises the important differential of miliary mottling of the lungs.

Keywords: endocrinology; general paediatrics; pathology; respiratory.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Thyroid Cancer, Papillary / diagnostic imaging
  • Thyroid Cancer, Papillary / secondary*
  • Thyroid Cancer, Papillary / therapy
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / therapy