Author(s)

Ibrahim Dao^1*, Ademayali Franck Auguste Hermann Ido², Abdoulaye Adamou Babana³, Abdoulaye Sanou⁴, Ousmane Ouattara¹, Souleymane Ouattara², Astride Somda⁴, Haoua Alzouma⁵, Sylvain Delwendé Zabsonré⁴, Abel Kabré⁴

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Souro Sanou, Higher institute of health sciences, Nazi Boni University, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
²Department of Pathology, Hospital Tengandogo, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
³Department of Neurosurgery, Maradi Reference Hospital, Dan Dikko Dan Koulodo University, Maradi, Niger.
⁴Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Yalgado Ouédraogo, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁵Department of Neurosurgery, Niamey National Hospital, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger.

Background: Thyroid cancers commonly display slow evolution with local and or regional extension. The classic presentation is a painless nodule of the thyroid region in a euthyroid patient. Sometimes, the nodule is discovered only on ultrasonography. Cervical lymph node is often seen in papillary thyroid cancer due to their propensity to invade lymph node. This means that follicular thyroid cancers are more insidious. Observation: We report a painless slow-growing lesion of the scalp revealing a skull metastasis of thyroid cancer. Despite catastrophic intraoperative bleeding, a total removal was achieved. Lessons: Thus, in addition to local and regional control in the management of thyroid cancers, distant metastasis should be surgically removed to provide the best chance to prolong the patient’s survival. Moreover, neurosurgeon must be prepared to deal with massive bleeding in skull metastasis of thyroid cancer.

Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Subcutaneous, Metastasis, Surgery

Dao, I. , Ido, A. , Babana, A. , Sanou, A. , Ouattara, O. , Ouattara, S. , Somda, A. , Alzouma, H. , Zabsonré, S. and Kabré, A. (2023) Unusual Scalp Process Revealing a Thyroid Cancer: “Illustrative Case”. Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery, 13, 183-188. doi: 10.4236/ojmn.2023.134022.