Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma presenting with gastric metastasis: a case report

AYAZ T., ŞAHİN S., ŞAHİN Ö. S., AKDOĞAN R. A., GÜÇER H.

HIPPOKRATIA, vol.19, no.1, pp.85-87, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 19 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Journal Name: HIPPOKRATIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.85-87
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) has the most aggressive progression among thyroid malignancies. Most of the patients have metastasis, especially to the lungs, liver and regional lymph nodes, at the time of diagnosis. Gastrointestinal tract metastasis of ATC has been rarely reported. We report a case who presented with gastrointestinal bleeding and was diagnosed with ATC accompanied with gastric, skin, lung and adrenal gland metastases.