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Case Report: Metastases from Thyroid and Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas in the Same Lymph Node Following Chemotherapy for Mantle Cell Lymphoma

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We report a case of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma and undifferentiated nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma to the same cervical lymph node following chemotherapy for mantle cell lymphoma. Total thyroidectomy, right cervical nodal dissection, radioactive iodine-131 therapy and radiotherapy to the nasopharynx and the neck resulted in remission of both tumors. No recurrence was noted in follow-up for 48 months.

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Acknowledgments

We want to thank Fred Bogott, M.D. and Ph.D., at Austin Medical Center, Austin of Minnesota, USA, for his excellent English editing of this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Liuhuaqiao Hospital, Guangzhou, 510010, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

    ZhuoCai Wang & Hui Xiao

  2. Department of Radiology, Liuhuaqiao Hospital, Guangzhou, 510010, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

    DaoShou Luo

  3. Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN, 55912, USA

    D. Joshua Liao

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Wang, Z., Luo, D., Xiao, H. et al. Case Report: Metastases from Thyroid and Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas in the Same Lymph Node Following Chemotherapy for Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Head and Neck Pathol 9, 123–126 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-014-0525-9

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