World Journal of Oncology, ISSN 1920-4531 print, 1920-454X online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 2, Number 1, February 2011, pages 33-36


Metastatic Colon Cancer to the Thyroid Gland in the Setting of Pathologically Diagnosed Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Review and Report of a Case

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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Histological and immunophenotypical examination of the resected specimen. (a) Hematoxilin and Eosin staining of the specimen, with clear delineation of native thyroid tissue and metastatic neoplastic disease, thyroid colloid depicted by red arrow. (b) Increased magnification of (a), again with red arrow depicting native thyroid colloid. (c) Immunohistological staining of specimen with anti-CK20 antibodies and (d) with anti-CDX-2 antibodies, suggesting the diagnosis of metastatic colon cancer to the thyroid.