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  • Title: Paraplegia as initial presentation of follicular thyroid carcinoma.
    Author: Haghpanah V, Abbas SI, Mahmoodzadeh H, Shojaei A, Soleimani A, Larijani B, Tavangar SM.
    Journal: J Coll Physicians Surg Pak; 2006 Mar; 16(3):233-4. PubMed ID: 16542610.
    Abstract:
    Follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis rarely presents with clinical picture of spinal cord compression. This report describes a 53 years old patient with follicular thyroid carcinoma who presented with paraplegia and urinary incontinence. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of neck revealed a mass with destruction of C5 and extension to C6. Histopathology study demonstrated metastatic carcinoma of thyroid.
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