Orbital Metastasis of Undifferentiated/Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.

Abstract

A 52-year-old woman presented with decreased vision, diplopia, esotropia, proptosis, and right orbital pain. Clinical examination was suspicious for an orbital mass and additionally revealed a thyroid gland mass. Imaging studies showed an enhancing mass within the right lateral rectus muscle and a heterogeneous mass in the left lobe of the thyroid gland. Excisional biopsies of the thyroid and orbital lesions were consistent with metastatic undifferentiated/anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. This represents the first reported case of undifferentiated/anaplastic thyroid carcinoma metastatic to the orbit.

• Authors: Divakar Gupta, Michael Chappell, Tina D Tailor, C Dirk Keene, Kris Moe, Arash Jian-Amadi, Shu-hong Chang
• Journal: Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery (Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg) Vol. 31 Issue 5 Pg. e120-3 ( 2015) ISSN: 1537-2677 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 25679298 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Biopsy
• Female
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Middle Aged
• Orbital Neoplasms (secondary, surgery)
• Radiosurgery
• Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic (secondary, surgery)
• Thyroid Neoplasms (pathology, surgery)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed