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Erschienen in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery 12/2010

01.12.2010 | Orthopaedic Surgery

Soft tissue metastasis of thyroid carcinoma in the knee region mimicking a paraarticular inflammatory lesion

verfasst von: Torsten Prietzel, Anna Macher, Irina Haferkorn, Nicole Schmitz, Frank Schmidt, Thomas Aigner

Erschienen in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Ausgabe 12/2010

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Abstract

We report a case of a 57-year-old male patient presenting with a painful mass in the popliteal fossa of the left knee, while the X-ray being unremarkable, MRI suggested a paraarticular lesion such as an inflamed paraarticular ganglion. A biopsy showed a poorly differentiated metastasis of a papillary thyroid carcinoma, the patient had been operated on 8 years ago. This case emphasizes that in patients with malignancies such as papillary thyroid carcinomas long-term courses (over years) with several phases of tumor spread occur finally leading to filiae in any location. Thus, in such patients, a metastatic lesion even in unusual places such as the periarticular soft tissue should be included in the differential diagnosis.
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Titel
Soft tissue metastasis of thyroid carcinoma in the knee region mimicking a paraarticular inflammatory lesion
verfasst von
Torsten Prietzel
Anna Macher
Irina Haferkorn
Nicole Schmitz
Frank Schmidt
Thomas Aigner
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2010
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery / Ausgabe 12/2010
Print ISSN: 0936-8051
Elektronische ISSN: 1434-3916
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-009-1043-1

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