<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The diagnosis of follicular thyroid cancer is based on postoperative histopathology assessment. In its minimally invasive form, the signs of vascular invasion and capsular infiltration may sometimes be seen only in a small tumor fragment; hence, the diagnosis should be based on multiple histopathology specimens. This case study is a report on a 70-year-old female who was diagnosed with spinal metastasis of follicular thyroid cancer. This diagnosis was established 5 years after partial strumectomy due to goiter and there were no signs of thyroid cancer in postoperative histopathology assessment. Based on this case and literature reports, the authors conclude that the diagnosis of follicular thyroid cancer, especially its minimally invasive forms, may pose a diagnostic problem even when based on postoperative histopathology.</p></abstract>

The diagnosis of follicular thyroid cancer is based on postoperative histopathology assessment. In its minimally invasive form, the signs of vascular invasion and capsular infiltration may sometimes be seen only in a small tumor fragment; hence, the diagnosis should be based on multiple histopathology specimens. This case study is a report on a 70-year-old female who was diagnosed with spinal metastasis of follicular thyroid cancer. This diagnosis was established 5 years after partial strumectomy due to goiter and there were no signs of thyroid cancer in postoperative histopathology assessment. Based on this case and literature reports, the authors conclude that the diagnosis of follicular thyroid cancer, especially its minimally invasive forms, may pose a diagnostic problem even when based on postoperative histopathology.

Diagnostic problems with follicular thyroid cancer – case study

Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland

Clinic of Orthopaedics and Traumathology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland

Department of Patomorphology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland

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The diagnosis of follicular thyroid cancer is based on postoperative histopathology assessment. In its minimally invasive form, the signs of vascular invasion...

Diagnostic problems with follicular thyroid cancer – case study

Published Online: May 30, 2014

Page range: 5 - 7

Received: Jan 09, 2014

Accepted: Jan 24, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cipms-2014-0001

Keywords
minimally invasive follicular, thyroid cancer, bone metastasis

© 2014

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Diagnostic problems with follicular thyroid cancer – case study

Published Online: May 30, 2014

Page range: 5 - 7

Received: Jan 09, 2014

Accepted: Jan 24, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cipms-2014-0001

Keywordsminimally invasive follicular, thyroid cancer, bone metastasis

© 2014

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
minimally invasive follicular, thyroid cancer, bone metastasis