Volume 7

Number 1 January 2023

A Case of Metastatic Papillary Carcinoma with Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in a Young Male

DOI: https://doi.org/10.70357/jdamc.2023.v0701.09

Parvin S1 , Akter K2 , Nur F3 , Islam MA4

Abstract

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) accounts for about 80% of all thyroid malignancies. It tends to have a female preponderancerd thand usually present in the 3 to the 5 decades of life as a slow growing midline swelling. Cervical metastases are common,blood borne being rare. This case was a 25 year-old male who presented with cervical lymphadenopathy and was diagnosedinitially by FNAC (Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology) as metastatic papillary carcinoma of cervical lymph node that wassecondary to an occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy with bilateral neck nodedissection and the specimen was sent for histopathology. Histopathologic diagnosis corresponded to that of the FNAC.

Keywords: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), Occult papillary carcinoma of thyroid, metastatic papillary carcinoma


  1. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

    Diabetic Association Medical College, Faridpur

  2. Assistant Professor and Cytopathology Consultant, Department of Pathology

    International Medical College, Tongi, Gazipur

  3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

    Marks Medical College, Dhaka

  4. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

    International Medical College, Tongi, Gazipur

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Volume 7, Number 1 January 2023
Page: 40-43