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Metastases from follicular carcinoma thyroid

Case contributed by Paresh K Desai , 30 Sep 2010
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Bruno Di Muzio, 3 May 2015

Updates to Case Attributes

Presentation was changed:
40 year old female previously operated for metastatic brain lesion from Ca thyroid presents with altered sensorium.Patient earlier had thyroidectomy 1 year ago.
Body was changed:

MR reveals left parietal lobe lesion with adjacent perilesional edema with an skull vault lesion at the previous craniotomy site.

skull vault lesion shows intense homogenous enhanement

Recurrent metastases from Carcinoma thyroidthyroid carcinoma.

  • -<p>MR reveals left parietal lobe lesion with adjacent perilesional edema with an skull vault lesion at the previous craniotomy site.</p><p>skull vault lesion shows intense homogenous enhanement</p><p>Recurrent metastases from Carcinoma thyroid.</p>
  • +<p>Recurrent metastases from <a title="Thyroid carcinoma" href="/articles/thyroid-malignancies">thyroid carcinoma</a>.</p>

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was added:

MR reveals left parietal lobe lesion with adjacent perilesional edema with an skull vault lesion at the previous craniotomy site. Skull vault lesion shows intense homogeneous enhancement. 

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Image MRI (T2) ( update )

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