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Hypopharyngeal involvement by thyroid cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

C. I. Timon ,
E. Leen  and
W. Doyle-Kelly
C. I. Timon*
Affiliation:
Registrar and Tutor in ENT, St James's Hospital and Trinity Medical School.
E. Leen
Affiliation:
Registrar in Pathology, St James's Hospital.
W. Doyle-Kelly
Affiliation:
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Adelaide Hospital.
*
Mr C. I. Timon, ENT Department, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8.
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Abstract

Direct upper airway infiltration by thyroid neoplasia is a rare occurrence, a unique case of papillary thyroid neoplasia presenting as a pyriform fossa mass is described and the management of these problem patients is discussed, emphasising the controversy between radical and conservative surgery.

The possibility that the thyroid tumour resulted from previous radioactive iodine prescribed for thyrotoxicosis is also considered.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 6 , June 1989 , pp. 629 - 631
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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