A Case of Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma Metastasizing to the Brain

Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology 1996;12(2):235-240.
Published online November 30, 1996.

Jung Han Yoon;Young Jong Jaegal;Jae Hwu Kun;Sae Jong Kim

뇌 전이를 보인 갑상선 유두암 1예

윤정한;제갈영종;김재휴;김세종

Abstract

Brain metastasis is extremely rare in thyroid papillary carcinoma which has an indolent clinical course and results in good prognosis. A 24-year-old man presenting with seizure attack is described. He had been treated under the diagnosis of thyroid papillary carcinoma with total thyroidectomy, postoperative internal radiation with radioactive iodine, and thyroid hormone replacement. Although 99m Tc brain spect and 131 I whole body scan did not revealed any significant lesion, brain CT and MRI showed lcm sized mass in frontal lobe. Stereotactic craniotomy and removal of the tumor, which was histologically proven metastatic lesion from thyroid papillary carcinoma, was done with satisfactory improvement.

Key Words: Thyroid papillary carcinoma, Brain metastasis