Paraplegia as initial presentation of follicular thyroid carcinoma

Vahid Haghpanah; Syed Imran Abbas; Hossein Mahmoodzadeh; Abdolreza Shojaei; Ali Soleimani; Bagher Larijani; Seyed Mohammad Tavangar

Paraplegia as initial presentation of follicular thyroid carcinoma

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2006 Mar;16(3):233-4.

Authors

Vahid Haghpanah¹, Syed Imran Abbas, Hossein Mahmoodzadeh, Abdolreza Shojaei, Ali Soleimani, Bagher Larijani, Seyed Mohammad Tavangar

Affiliation

¹ Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Shariati Hospital, Tehran Medical University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 16542610

Abstract

Follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis rarely presents with clinical picture of spinal cord compression. This report describes a 53 years old patient with follicular thyroid carcinoma who presented with paraplegia and urinary incontinence. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of neck revealed a mass with destruction of C5 and extension to C6. Histopathology study demonstrated metastatic carcinoma of thyroid.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / diagnosis*
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / diagnostic imaging
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / pathology
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / secondary*
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / surgery
Cervical Vertebrae* / pathology
Cervical Vertebrae* / surgery
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Laminectomy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Paraplegia / etiology*
Spinal Cord Compression / etiology
Spinal Cord Compression / surgery
Spinal Neoplasms / complications*
Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Spinal Neoplasms / pathology
Spinal Neoplasms / secondary*
Spinal Neoplasms / surgery
Thyroid Gland / pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
Thyroidectomy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Urinary Incontinence / etiology