Presentation
Shortness of breath.
Patient Data
Age: 80 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Pleural metastases - thyroid cancer
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Numerous nodular appearing masses expand the pleural cavity and widen the mediastinum.
From the case:
Pleural metastases - thyroid cancer
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Extensive bilateral pleural metastatic disease is noted coating both the parietal and mediastinal surfaces and extending into the pulmonary fissures. Note absence of the thyroid gland. Bilateral low density renal lesions are also noted, probably cysts.
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Selected images from a CT scan obtained a few years earlier demonstrate a partially calcified mass in continuity with the right lobe of the thyroid extending posteriorly into the superior mediastinum. This was subsequently resected demonstrating thryoid cancer.
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