A case report and mini literature review of thyroid metastasis from colorectal cancer: Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of a rare clinical entity.
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Abstract: The incidence of thyroid metastases among patients suffering from primary colorectal cancer is rare. As these metastases are usually asymptomatic, they present as incidentalomas on follow-up imaging. Hereby, we present and discuss a case of metastatic sigmoid adenocarcinoma to the thyroid gland, diagnosed and treated at our institution.
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Indian Journal of Cancer (ISSN 0019-509X), the show window of the progress of ontological sciences in India, was established in 1963. Indian Journal of Cancer is the first and only periodical serving the needs of all the specialties of oncology in India.