Internal jugular vein tumor thrombus associated with thyroid carcinoma

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2004 Sep;113(9):738-40. doi: 10.1177/000348940411300912.

Abstract

Thyroid carcinoma usually presents as an asymptomatic thyroid nodule. Thyroid cancer may show microscopic vascular invasion; however, internal jugular vein tumor thrombus is a rare complication of thyroid cancer. A unique case of internal jugular vein tumor thrombus associated with thyroid carcinoma is presented and discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / pathology
  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / surgery
  • Endothelium, Vascular / pathology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Jugular Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Jugular Veins / pathology
  • Jugular Veins / surgery
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating* / pathology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thyroidectomy
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color*