A Rare Silent Killer: Right Atrial Metastasis of Thyroid Hürthle Cell Carcinoma

Hürthle cell carcinoma (HCC) is a variant of a follicular carcinoma with a tendency to higher frequency of metastases and a lower survival rate. However, intracavitary cardiac metastases from thyroid HCC are extremely rare. We describe the case of a 57-year-old female with thyroid HCC, 5 years after...

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Published in:Case Reports in Oncology
Main Authors: Hongxiu Luo, Sunil Tulpule, Mahmood Alam, Reema Patel, Shuvendu Sen, Abdalla Yousif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2015-05-01
Subjects:
Hürthle cell carcinoma
Thyroid cancer
Intracardiac metastasis
Pulmonary embolism
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/430948

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