Metastasis of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma to the Maxillary Sinus: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Metastasis of the thyroid carcinomas to the paranasal sinuses.

Author	Year	Age/sex	Pathology type	Metastatic regions	Treatment
Barrs et al. [3]	1979	54 F	Follicular	SS
Cinberg et al. [4]	1980	80 F	Follicular	MS
Chang et al. [5]	1983	5 F	Follicular	Papillary, SS, ES, pituitary fossa
Renner et al. [6]	1984	61 F	Follicular	SS
Yamasoba et al. [7]	1994	34 F	Follicular	MS, SS, ES, nasal cavity
Cumberworth et al. [8]	1994	62 F	Follicular	MS, SS, ES
Freeman et al. [9]	1996	50 M		Papillary, MS, SS, ES, middle cranial fossa
Altman et al. [10]	1997	81 M	Follicular	SS, ES, clivus
Argibay [11]	2005	53 F		Papillary, SS, ES
Nishijima et al. [12]	2010	81 F	Follicular	SS, ES
Krishnamurthy et al. [13]	2010	31 F	Follicular	MS	RI, rad
Krishnamurthy and Ramshankar [14]	2013	55 F	Follicular	MS, SS, ES	RI, rad
Madan et al. [15]	2013	45 M		Papillary, SS, ES, upper pharynx	RI, rad
Pourseirafi et al. [16]	2014	68 F	Follicular	SS, ES, clivus, orbita	RI
This case	2018	76 F		Papillary, MS	ESS

MS, maxillary sinus; ES, ethmoid sinus; SS, sphenoid sinus; RI, radioiodine therapy; rad, radiation therapy.