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Giant skull metastasis of Hürthle cell variant of thyroid’s papillary carcinoma

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We report the MRI and pathological findings of a 53-year-old woman with a giant skull metastasis from a Hürthle cell variant of thyroid’s papillary carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a skull metastasis from a Hürthle cell variant of thyroid’s papillary carcinoma.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital de S. João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4000, Porto, Portugal

    Virgínia C. Mendes & M. Luís Ribeiro-Silva

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal

    Paulo Linhares

  3. Department of Pathology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal

    Elsa Fonseca

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Mendes, V.C., Linhares, P., Fonseca, E. et al. Giant skull metastasis of Hürthle cell variant of thyroid’s papillary carcinoma. J Neurooncol 86, 311–312 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-007-9503-3

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