Case Report: Insula Carcinoma of the Thyroid Combined with Hyperthyroidism and Revealed by Orbital and Osseous Metastases – (Pages 59-62)

Amina Taheri, Siham El Aziz and Asmaa Chadli
Endocrinology and Diabetology Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Centre, Faculty Hassan II Medicine and Pharmacy, Casablanca, Morocco

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12970/2310-9971.2015.03.03.3

Abstract: It is unusual to find an association between thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism. The coexistence of insular carcinoma which is a poorly differentiated tumor with toxic nodular goiter is rarely described. The insular carcinoma is very rare, which results in a poor prognosis in front of precocious distant metastases, yet the orbital location of metastases is exceptional. We report here a unique clinical case involving hyperthyroidism and insular carcinoma revealed by orbital and spinal metastases.

Keywords: Insular carcinoma, hyperthyroidism, orbital metastases, osseous metastases.
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