Pan African Medical Journal
Journal / Pan African Medical Journal / Vol. 37 No. 1 (2020) / Articles

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Sep 4, 2020

Keywords:

Metastasis; unknown primary; papillary carcinoma; parapharyngeal metastasis; neck dissection

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Vol. 37 No. 1 (2020)

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Khaled Harrathi

Ear, Nose and Throat Department and Cervical Surgery Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Medicine University, Monastir, Tunisia

Malika El Omri

Ear, Nose and Throat Department and Cervical Surgery Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Medicine University, Monastir, Tunisia

Rim Fradi

Ear, Nose and Throat Department and Cervical Surgery Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Medicine University, Monastir, Tunisia

Amel El Korbi

Ear, Nose and Throat Department and Cervical Surgery Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Medicine University, Monastir, Tunisia

Naourez Kolsi

Ear, Nose and Throat Department and Cervical Surgery Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Medicine University, Monastir, Tunisia

Rachida Bouatay

Ear, Nose and Throat Department and Cervical Surgery Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Medicine University, Monastir, Tunisia

Jamel Koubaa

Ear, Nose and Throat Department and Cervical Surgery Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Medicine University, Monastir, Tunisia

Abstract

Carcinoma of the thyroid gland is one of the most commonly encountered endocrine malignancies. Papillary carcinoma is the most common histological type and its pattern of metastasis are usually lymphatic. Lymphatic metastasis to parapharyngeal space is rare and have been reported, so we report the case of a 50-year-old male patient who had an occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid presented as right lateral node of the neck and a nodal involvement of the right parapharyngeal space.

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eISSN: 1937-8688