Case Report: Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Patient with Celiac Disease and Thalassemia Trait

Thyroid cancer is the most frequent endocrine neoplasm in the general population. Common risk factors include gender, radiation exposure, and genetic backgrounds. The association of papillary thyroid cancer and celiac disease has frequently been reported in the literature; however, the association o...

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Published in:Case reports in oncology 2020-11, Vol.13 (3), p.1364-1367
Main Authors: Albattah, Afaf, Imam, Yahia, Saleh, Ahmed Osman, Ahmed, Khalid, Aboursheid, Tarek, Kohla, Samah, Mohamed, Shehab
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anemia
Biopsy
Blood diseases
Case Report
Case reports
Celiac disease
Gluten
Goiter
Hemoglobin
Hepatitis C
Hypocalcemia
Infections
Iron
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Medical research
Mortality
Mutation
papillary thyroid cancer
Patients
Population
Research centers
Risk factors
Surveillance
thalassemia
Thyroid cancer
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:Thyroid cancer is the most frequent endocrine neoplasm in the general population. Common risk factors include gender, radiation exposure, and genetic backgrounds. The association of papillary thyroid cancer and celiac disease has frequently been reported in the literature; however, the association of papillary thyroid cancer and thalassemia trait is rare. Likewise, the association of thalassemia major and celiac disease is also rare. We hereby report a unique case of papillary thyroid cancer in a patient with celiac disease and thalassemia trait.
ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000511068