Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Metastatic colorectal cancer to a primary thyroid cancer | BioMed Central World Journal of Surgical Oncology Open Access Metastatic colorectal cancer to a primary thyroid cancer Martin H Cherk 1 Maggie Moore2 Jonathan Serpell3 Sarah Swain4 and Duncan J Topliss5 Address Department of Nuclear Medicine the Alfred Hospital Commercial Road Melbourne Victoria 3004 Australia 2Department of Medical Oncology the Alfred Hospital Commercial Road Melbourne Victoria 3004 Australia 3Department of Surgery the Alfred Hospital Commercial Road Melbourne Victoria 3004 Australia 4Department of Anatomical Pathology the Alfred Hospital Commercial Road Melbourne Victoria 3004 Australia and 5Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes the Alfred Hospital Commercial Road Melbourne Victoria 3004 Australia Email Martin H Cherk - m_cherk@ Maggie Moore - Jonathan Serpell - Sarah Swain - Duncan J Topliss - Corresponding author Published II November 2008 Received 22 August 2008 _ rr. n i inno - - I- - Accepted 11 November 2008 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008 6 122 doi 186 1477-7819-6-122 This article is available from http content 6 1 122 2008 Cherk et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Metastatic malignancy to the thyroid gland is generally uncommon due to an unfavourable local thyroid micro-environment which impairs the ability of metastatic cells to settle and thrive. Metastases to the thyroid gland have however been reported to occur occasionally particularly if there has been disruption to normal thyroid tissue architecture. Case presentation We report a patient with a history of surgically resected rectal .
