갑상선 유두암 환자에서 발생한 종양색전증 1예

• Published in: Annals of geriatric medicine and research pp. 143 - 146
• Main Authors: 이정규, 곽동신, 김재하, 여유미, 김상헌, 손장원, 윤호주, 신동호, 박성수, 곽현정
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한노인병학회 01.09.2013
• Subjects: 가정의학
• ISSN: 2508-4798; 2508-4909
• DOI: 10.4235/jkgs.2013.17.3.143

The tumor embolism is defined as tumor cells within the vascular system such as pulmonary artery that is not contiguous with the other metastatic foci. The incidence of tumor embolism varies widely ranging from 3% to 26% among seve ral studies; whereas lung cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, pancreas cancer are associated with high risks for tumor embolism. However thyroid cancer is rarely associated with tumor embolism. Among the rare cases, tumor embolism was reported as being mostly of follicular carcinoma or undifferentiated carcinoma, but few of papillary carcinoma. We report an unusual presentation that pulmonary tumor embolism from thyroid papillary carcinoma was diagnosed with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT) and chest CT. KCI Citation Count: 0