Colon Cancer With Metastatic Involvement of the Thyroid Incidentally Found at Excision of Parathyroid Adenoma

Ear Nose Throat J. 2023 Nov;102(11):NP547-NP548. doi: 10.1177/01455613211028060. Epub 2021 Jun 25.

Abstract

Metastatic disease from primary colon cancer in the thyroid is rare. The authors have submitted such a case. What makes this case particularly unusual is that it was in a man. 80% of such cases are in women. It has been speculated that there may be a humoral component. What is even more unique in this case is that it was found during the workup of a symptomatic parathyroid adenoma. The diagnosis was confirmed with immunochemistry using markers Cytokeratin 20 (CK20), Cytokeratin 7 (CK7), and Thyroid Transcription Factor 1 (TTF-1) .

Keywords: CK20; CK7; TTF-1; metastasis to thyroid; metastatic colon cancer; parathyroid adenoma.

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma* / diagnosis
  • Colonic Neoplasms*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Keratin-7
  • Lung Neoplasms* / secondary
  • Male
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Thyroid Gland / pathology

Substances

  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Keratin-7