An interesting case of follicular cell carcinoma thyroid present as rib secondary

Thyroid malignancies typically present as clinically evident thyroid masses, its not uncommon for patients to present with a distant metastasis from a clinically occult thyroid. We present an interesting case which presented as acute appendicitis and on routine operative assessment checkup was found to have a rib mass. The FNAC from the rib mass pointed towards a secondary lesion from a follicular carcinoma of the thyroid