Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid with Endobronchial Metastases

Apillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common malignancy among females in saudi arabia and may present in an advanced stage and with distant metastases, mostly to the lungs, comprising 32% of therecurrences. airway invasion is a lifethreatening complication of thyroid cancer. the differentiation between the clinical features ofbronchial wall invasion versus those of an obstructive endobronchial lesion deserves more attention.endobronchial lesion may present with no symptoms. we report have a patient with papillary carcinoma of the thyroid associatedwith endobronchial metastases in the absence of other sites of tumor dissemination.