Internal jugular vein tumor thrombus associated with thyroid carcinoma

Menachem Gross; Yoav Mintz; Bella Maly; Ronit Pinchas; Michael Muggia-Sullam

doi:10.1177/000348940411300912

Internal jugular vein tumor thrombus associated with thyroid carcinoma

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2004 Sep;113(9):738-40. doi: 10.1177/000348940411300912.

Authors

Menachem Gross¹, Yoav Mintz, Bella Maly, Ronit Pinchas, Michael Muggia-Sullam

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 15453533
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411300912

Abstract

Thyroid carcinoma usually presents as an asymptomatic thyroid nodule. Thyroid cancer may show microscopic vascular invasion; however, internal jugular vein tumor thrombus is a rare complication of thyroid cancer. A unique case of internal jugular vein tumor thrombus associated with thyroid carcinoma is presented and discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoma, Oxyphilic / diagnostic imaging*
Adenoma, Oxyphilic / pathology
Adenoma, Oxyphilic / surgery
Endothelium, Vascular / pathology
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Jugular Veins / diagnostic imaging*
Jugular Veins / pathology
Jugular Veins / surgery
Lymph Node Excision
Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating* / pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
Thyroidectomy
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color*