Vol. 11 (04) pp. 65-68 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/16620

OCCIPITAL BONE METASTASIS REVEALING A PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA: CASE REPORT

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  • Radiation Oncology Department, Oncology Hospital, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco.
  • Medical Physics Unit, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco.
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Abstract

A 45-years-old manwas diagnosed with occipital bone metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma. He presented an eight cm occipital bone mass with two years of evolution. The CT scan showed an81,3 x 52,7 x 61 mmtumour of occipital bone with meningeal, brain and soft tissue invasion. The biopsy confirmed thyroid origin of the mass.Three other osteolytic lesions were noted: left ischium, D4 and L1 with medullary canal invasion.He received a total dose of 20Gy of conformal 3D radiotherapy in 5 fractions, at a daily dose fraction of 4Gy over one week to the four lesions.

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Kaoutar Soussy, Maroua Biyoud, Noureddine Slassi, Mohammed Ait Erraisse, Wissal Hassani, Fatima Zahra Farhane, Zenab Alami and Touria Bouhafa (2023); OCCIPITAL BONE METASTASIS REVEALING A PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA: CASE REPORT, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 11 (04), 65-68, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/16620

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Kaoutar Soussy
1Radiation Oncology Department, Oncology Hospital, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco. 2Medical Physics Unit, Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco
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