Metastatic thyroid carcinoma without identifiable primary tumor within the thyroid gland: a retrospective study of a rare phenomenon
Xu B, Scognamiglio T, Cohen PR, Prasad ML, Hasanovic A, Tuttle RM, Katabi N, Ghossein RA. Metastatic thyroid carcinoma without identifiable primary tumor within the thyroid gland: a retrospective study of a rare phenomenon. Human Pathology 2017, 65: 133-139. PMID: 28552827, PMCID: PMC5571865, DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2017.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorCarcinomaCarcinoma, PapillaryCell DifferentiationDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansImmunohistochemistryLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm GradingNeoplasms, Unknown PrimaryPhenotypeProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafRetrospective StudiesThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid Carcinoma, AnaplasticThyroid NeoplasmsConceptsPapillary thyroid carcinomaIdentifiable primary tumorThyroid carcinomaAnaplastic thyroid carcinomaMetastatic diseasePrimary tumorThyroid glandMetastatic papillary thyroid carcinomaEvidence of recurrenceMetastatic nodal diseaseMetastatic thyroid carcinomaTall cell variantBRAF V600E immunohistochemistryThyroid primaryNodal diseaseNeck compartmentDistant metastasisPathologic featuresRetrospective studyAnaplastic carcinomaUnknown causeMost tumorsCarcinomaPatientsThyroid tumors