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Papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a giant cervical mass: a case report

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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey

B-ENT 2005; 1: 101-105
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Papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a giant cervical mass; a case report. Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a relatively uncommon malignancy. The prognosis is generally good and the mortality rate is low. PTC is more common in younger patients; incidence is two to three times higher in women and in individuals with radiation exposure to the neck. We report on a 75-year-old woman with PTC admitted to our clinic for a giant mass in the neck dating back ten years. A hyperintense huge cystic lesion and hypo-intense central solid component were seen on T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. No distant metastasis was present. The PTC was treated surgically and radioiodine (131I) treatment was applied postoperatively. No recurrence was observed one year later.

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