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Metastasen in der Schilddrüse -Morphologie und Klinik von 25 sekundären Schilddrüsengeschwülsten

Metastases in the thyroid gland

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Morphological and clinical findings in 25 secondary tumours of the thyroid are described. The most common sources of such lesions were the kidneys (32%), lung (28%) and breast (20%). In the majority of cases, thyroidectomy was performed prior to identification and treatment of the primary cancer. Conversely, among renal cell carcinomas, the metastatic lesion frequently appeared many years after resection of the primary tumour. This suggests that secondary thyroid tumours occasionally may be the only important malignant disease remaining. Hence, adequate surgical treatment may prove to be life-prolonging or life-saving.

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Morphologie und Klinik von 25 Fällen metastatischer Schilddrüsengeschwülste werden beschrieben. Primärtumor war in 32% ein Nierencarcinom, in 28% ein Lungentumor und in 20% ein Mammacarcinom. In den meisten Fällen ging die Schilddrüsenoperation der Identifikation und Behandlung des Primärtumors voraus. Dagegen bestand besonders bei Nierencarcinomen häufig eine mehrjährige Latenz zwischen Behandlung des Primärtumors und Manifestation der Metastase. Dies bedeutet, daß Schilddrüsenmetastasen gelegentlich die einzige relevante nach Primärtherapie zurückbleibende maligne Manifestation darstellen und adäquate chirurgische Behandlung somit lebensverlängernd und -rettend sein kann.

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Schröder, S., Bürk, C.G. & de Heer, K. Metastasen in der Schilddrüse -Morphologie und Klinik von 25 sekundären Schilddrüsengeschwülsten. Langenbecks Arch Chiv 370, 25–35 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01259424

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