Thyroid carcinoma metastasizing to the submandibular gland: Sonographic findings

Brandon T. Golant; Anneliese Velez-Perez; Savitri Krishnamurthy; Ming Guo; Shima Mousavi; Mimi I. Hu; Jeena M. Varghese; Mark E. Zafereo; James M. Debnam

doi:10.1002/jcu.22821

Thyroid carcinoma metastasizing to the submandibular gland: Sonographic findings

Brandon T. Golant, Anneliese Velez-Perez, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Ming Guo, Shima Mousavi, Mimi I. Hu, Jeena M. Varghese, Mark E. Zafereo, James M. Debnam

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Metastases to the submandibular gland are extremely rare; a literature search retuned only three previously reported cases from a thyroid gland primary site. Herein, we report two cases of metastatic thyroid carcinoma to the submandibular gland in a 64-year-old woman with PTC and a 70-year-old-woman with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). The metastases were identified on CT and PET/CT in one case and on CT in the other case, but both were diagnosed with ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. Our cases highlight that while rare, both PTC and MTC can metastasize to the submandibular gland.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	227-230
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Volume	48
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jcu.22821
State	Published - May 1 2020

Keywords

medullary thyroid carcinoma
papillary thyroid carcinoma
submandibular gland, metastases, ultrasound

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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