A Rare Cause of Haemoptysis-Carcinoma Thyroid
OD12-OD13
Correspondence
Dr. Deependra Rai,
Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna-801507, Bihar, India.
E-mail : drdeependra78@gmail.com
Thyroid cancer generally metastasises to lung parenchyma while endobronchial metastasis is rare. Tracheal invasion may lead to haemoptysis or dyspnea. Most patients who present with thyroid carcinoma have well differentiated histology, having an excellent prognosis. We report a case of thyroid swelling which presented with haemoptysis as chief complaint which on investigation came out to be papillary variant of thyroid carcinoma with lung metastasis and tracheal invasion in a 46-year-old male.