The Case of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Presented with Lumbar Spine

2015 
Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most frequent thyroid malignancy with the best prognosis. It constitutes 8085% of differentiated thyroid carcinomas. Typically seen in the 3 rd and 4 th decades, papillary thyroid carcinoma is prevailed among women 2 times greater compared to men. In papillary thyroid carcinoma cases where local lymph node metastasis is frequently seen; lung, bone, and brain metastases are rarely determined. In this case report, the case of papillary thyroid carcinoma presented with lumbar spine metastasis was reported by reviewing the literature data.
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