Synchronous Occurrence of Papillary, Follicular, and Medullary Carcinoma in the Same Thyroid Gland.
10.16956/kjes.2014.14.3.167
- Author:
Kuk Jin KIM
1
;
Soon Won HONG
;
Seok Mo KIM
;
Yong Sang LEE
;
Hang Seok CHANG
;
Cheong Soo PARK
Author Information
1. Thyroid Cancer Center, Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. surghsc@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Papillary thyroid carcinoma;
Follicular thyroid carcinoma;
Medullary thyroid carcinoma;
Synchronous neoplasms
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular;
Aged;
Asia;
Carcinoma, Medullary*;
Female;
Humans;
Incidence;
Iodine;
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary;
Pathology;
Thyroid Gland*;
Thyroid Neoplasms
- From:Korean Journal of Endocrine Surgery
2014;14(3):167-170
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Incidence of thyroid carcinoma has increased dramatically; however, simultaneous occurrence of different tumors in a single thyroid gland is rare and the embryologic or molecular explanations for such cases lack a solid basis. We report on a 67-year-old woman who underwent surgery for cytologically undetermined nodules in the bilateral thyroid glands. Postoperative pathology findings indicated synchronous occurrence of discrete papillary, follicular, and medullary thyroid carcinoma. She has remained disease-free after postoperative radioactive iodine therapy (130 mCi). This is the fifth report on the synchronous occurrence of different tumors in a single thyroid gland worldwide, and the first ever in Asia.
