Ann Clin Med Res | Volume 2, Issue 7 | Case Report | Open Access

Orbital Metastasis as a Primary Clinical Manifestation of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma - Case Report

Nilanjan Chowdhury and Sanjoy Chowdhury*

Department of Ophthalmology, Kolkata Medical College, India

*Correspondance to: Sanjoy Chowdhury 

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Abstract

 Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (PTC) is the frequent type of neoplasm touching the thyroid gland.
It grows gradually and has a clinically drony course. While rare, its aggressive forms with local
invasion or distant metastases may occur in <10% of the low-risk and up to 33% of the highrisk
cases. Metastatic thyroid carcinoma rarely involves the orbit. Herein we report the case of a
61-year-old woman presenting with proptosis of the left eye as a primary manifestation orbital PTC
metastasis. Sporadically, the distant metastasis is culpable for the primary clinical evidence of the
disease in such typical cases.

Keywords:

Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Orbital metastasis; Proptosis

Citation:

Chowdhury N, Chowdhury S. Orbital Metastasis as a Primary Clinical Manifestation of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma - Case Report. Ann Clin Med Res. 2021; 2(7): 1050..

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