Metastasis of distal esophageal carcinoma to the thyroid with presentation simulating primary thyroid carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Table 1 Clinical data of patients with metastatic involvement of the thyroid

Source	Age (yr)	Sex	Site of primary lesion	Type of secondary thyroid surgery	Pathology results from thyroid specimen	Outcomes (months)*
Present case	61	M	Esophagus	Palliative bilateral NT + tracheostomy	SCC	11
Shuangshoti S et al. 1982 [9]	58	M	Esophagus	TT + ipsilateral CL	SCC	5
Yamada T et al. 1999 [10]	74	F	Esophagus	ST + Bilateral CL	SCC	/
Basu S et al. 2005 [11]	55	F	Esophagus	NA	SCC	NA
Cumbo-Nacheli G et al. 2007 [12]	32	M	Esophagus	NA	Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma	NA
Yoshida A et al. 1989 [7]	71	M	Stomach	ST	Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma	7
Ok E et al. 2000 [13]	60	F	Stomach	Bilateral ST	Undifferentiated carcinoma (with signet-ring cells)	1.5
Lee HC et al. 2010 [15]	71	M	Stomach	Bilateral NT	Poorly differentiated carcinoma	4
Ihn MH et al. 2009 [14]	63	F	Stomach	NA	Undifferentiated carcinoma (with signet-ring cells)	6
Poiana C et al. 2011 [16]	70	F	Stomach	NA	Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma (with small cells)	NA

*Follow up since diagnosis of intrathyroid metastases; NA, no data available; NT, near-total thyroidectomy; ST, subtotal thyroidectomy; TT, total thyroidectomy; CL, cervical lymphadenectomy.

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