Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the Hand
Summary:. Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common thyroid cancer, and metastases can be seen in up to 10% of patients at initial presentation. Metastasis of tumors to the hand is rare. This report describes a patient with painful right thenar and hypothenar masses that were confirmed as metas...
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| author | Christine S.W. Best, MD Wenhui Liu, MD, PhD Tao Huang, BM, PhD Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS |
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| description | Summary:. Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common thyroid cancer, and metastases can be seen in up to 10% of patients at initial presentation. Metastasis of tumors to the hand is rare. This report describes a patient with painful right thenar and hypothenar masses that were confirmed as metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma after narrow excision. Intraoperatively, the soft tissue masses did not invade the surrounding musculature or neurovascular bundles. There was improved hand pain and no neurovascular deficits postoperatively. Close monitoring with physical examination without additional radiation was recommended by the multidisciplinary endocrine oncology tumor board. This case highlighted the importance of maintaining suspicion for malignant metastasis in hand masses when there is a history of thyroid carcinoma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c6b0bb0c5a634762b0622e323b8a35b12025-08-20T03:13:41ZengWolters KluwerPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open2169-75742025-07-01137e692610.1097/GOX.0000000000006926202507000-00004Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the HandChristine S.W. Best, MD0Wenhui Liu, MD, PhD1Tao Huang, BM, PhD2Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS3From the * Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI† Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China‡ Department of Pathology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI.From the * Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MISummary:. Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common thyroid cancer, and metastases can be seen in up to 10% of patients at initial presentation. Metastasis of tumors to the hand is rare. This report describes a patient with painful right thenar and hypothenar masses that were confirmed as metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma after narrow excision. Intraoperatively, the soft tissue masses did not invade the surrounding musculature or neurovascular bundles. There was improved hand pain and no neurovascular deficits postoperatively. Close monitoring with physical examination without additional radiation was recommended by the multidisciplinary endocrine oncology tumor board. This case highlighted the importance of maintaining suspicion for malignant metastasis in hand masses when there is a history of thyroid carcinoma.http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000006926 |
| spellingShingle | Christine S.W. Best, MD Wenhui Liu, MD, PhD Tao Huang, BM, PhD Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the Hand Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open |
| title | Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the Hand |
| title_full | Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the Hand |
| title_fullStr | Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the Hand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the Hand |
| title_short | Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in the Hand |
| title_sort | metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma in the hand |
| url | http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000006926 |
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