TY - JOUR A1 - Saha, Kaushik A1 - Jash, Debraj A1 - Maji, Arnab T1 - Mandibular metastasis with pulmonary cannon balls: Presentation of follicular carcinoma thyroid Y1 - 2016/3/1 JF - Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University JO - Med J DY Patil Univ SP - 234 EP - 236 VL - 9 IS - 2 UR - https://journals.lww.com/mjdy/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0975-2870;year=2016;volume=9;issue=2;spage=234;epage=236;aulast=Saha DO - 10.4103/0975-2870.168007 N2 - Swelling of the jaw due to metastatic lesions needs careful search for an occult malignancy. Thyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of jaw bone metastasis. A 70-year-old female presented in our chest clinic with progressive shortness of breath for last 1-month and associated painful swelled right jaw for last 4 months. Her computed tomography scan thorax showed bilateral cannon ball metastasis involving all lobes of the lung. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from radiographically evident osteolytic lesion of the mandible was suggestive of metastatic carcinoma probably of thyroid origin. Ultrasonography of the thyroid gland revealed well-defined hypoechoic nodule (measuring about 2 cm × 1.8 cm) with few foci of calcification. FNAC from the thyroid nodule followed by immunocytochemistry was suggestive of follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. We report a very rare presentation, as jaw metastasis in follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. ER -