Simultaneous occurrence of papillary intrafollicular and microcarcinomas with bilateral medullary microcarcinoma of the thyroid in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A: report of a case

We report the case of a simultaneous occurrence of papillary intrafollicular and microcarcinomas with bilateral medullary microcarcinoma of the thyroid in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A. The concurrent presence of two thyroid carcinomas is rare. The simultaneous occurrence of tw...

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Published in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2002-01, Vol.32 (7), p.623-628
Main Authors: Kösem, Mustafa, Kotan, Cetin, Algün, Ekrem, Topal, Cevat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Carcinoma - pathology
Carcinoma in Situ - pathology
Carcinoma, Papillary - pathology
Female
Humans
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a - pathology
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology
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Summary:We report the case of a simultaneous occurrence of papillary intrafollicular and microcarcinomas with bilateral medullary microcarcinoma of the thyroid in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A. The concurrent presence of two thyroid carcinomas is rare. The simultaneous occurrence of two different tumors in the same thyroid each being multifocal and smaller than 1 cm in diameter has not been previously reported in the literature. Furthermore, we define the first case of intrafollicular papillary thyroid carcinoma (carcinoma in situ).
ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s005950200112