Case Report

Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Metastasis to the Sacrum and the Skull: An Unusual Presentation

Table 1

Cases of occult and overt papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis to the bone indicating different metastatic sites.

AuthorAge in yearsGenderTypeMetastatic siteYear

1Sziklas et al. [11]44MaleOvertSkull/ribs/pelvis1985
2Nishikawa et al. [4]51MaleOccultRibs1998
3Hashiba et al. [12]74FemaleOvertSkull2006
4Slim et al. [13]67FemaleOvertMalar bone 2012
5Cardenas et al. [14]59FemaleOvertSkull/ribs/pelvis2009
6Cardenas et al. [14]81MaleOvertShoulder2009
7Chakravarthy et al. [15]32FemaleOvertMetacarpal bone2010
8 Siddiq et al. [16]59FemaleOvertIliac bone2010
9 Özuğuz et al. [6]35FemaleOvertIschium pubis2011
10Hugh et al. [17]64FemaleOvertTemporal bone2011
11Luna-Ortiz et al. [18]30FemaleOvertSternum 2013
12Nigam et al. [19]48FemaleOvertSkull2012
13 Stojanie et al. [20]56MaleOvertSacrum2012
14Kutluhan et al. [21]61MaleOvertSkull2012
15Luna-Ortiz et al. [18]74FemaleOvertSternum/ribs2013
16Del Rio et al. [22]60FemaleOvertPelvis2013
17Godbert et al. [23]65MaleOvertRibs2013
18 Sachmechi et al. [24]44FemaleOvertSkull2014