A case of papillary thyroid cancer and pheochromocytoma with ganglioneuroma.
- Author:
Jihyun AHN
1
;
Seung Eun LEE
;
Yun Jae CHUNG
;
Kyong Choun CHI
;
Mi Kyung KIM
;
Yeon Sahng OH
;
Jaetaek KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea. jtkim@cau.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thyroid Neoplasm;
Pheochromocytoma;
Ganglioneuroma
- MeSH:
Adrenalectomy;
Aged;
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Brain Stem Neoplasms;
Carcinoma;
Female;
Ganglioneuroma;
Goiter, Substernal;
Humans;
Iodine;
Laparotomy;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Neck;
Pancreatic Cyst;
Pheochromocytoma;
Thorax;
Thyroid Gland;
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Thyroidectomy
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2009;76(1):85-89
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Composite tumors containing pheochromocytoma and ganglioneuroma are very rare. We report a 70-year-old female with papillary thyroid carcinoma and a compound adrenal medullary tumor, composed of pheochromocytoma/ ganglioneuroma. She had complained of epigastric discomfort 2 months earlier. Chest computed tomography and pancreatic magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intrathoracic goiter and pancreatic cystic tumor. She underwent an explorative laparotomy, and a left adrenalectomy was done because of an adrenal mass, not the pancreatic mass. The pathological diagnosis was a compound adrenal medullary tumor, composed of pheochromocytoma and ganglioneuroma. Although there was no evidence of thyroid cancer on fine needle aspiration cytology, a total thyroidectomy was done because of the neck discomfort. The pathological diagnosis was a papillary thyroid carcinoma, and she underwent radioactive iodine therapy.
