Dysphagia with a thyroid nodule: is there a primary aerodigestive malignancy?

AUTOR(ES)

Michalopoulos, Konstantinos

FONTE

The Royal Society of Medicine

RESUMO

Three cases of laryngopharyngeal primary squamous cell carcinoma presenting with thyroid nodules are described. The key message to take away from these cases is that patients with advanced malignancy of the upper aerodigestive tract can present with a thyroid nodule.

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