Axillary vein thrombosis as the initial symptom in metastatic papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
Sirota, D.K.
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine new York 56(2): 111-113
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-2507 PMID: 2747668 Document Number: 345197
A 61-year-old woman developed right axillary vein thrombosis; 30 years earlier she had been surgically treated for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. Despite intensive treatment she eventually died of disseminated papillary thyroid carcinoma. This appears to be the first reported case of axillary vein thrombosis as the initial symptom of metastatic thyroid carcinoma.