Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Child with Very Severe Aplastic Anemia
- Author:
Jong Seok PYEON
1
;
Hye Yoon CHOI
;
Seung Beom HAN
;
Jae Wook LEE
;
Nack Gyun CHUNG
;
Dae Chul JEONG
;
Bin CHO
;
Jin Han KANG
;
Hack Ki KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. dashwood@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thyroid cancer;
Aplastic anemia;
Child
- MeSH:
Anemia, Aplastic;
Child;
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation;
Humans;
Thyroid Gland;
Thyroid Neoplasms
- From:Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
2013;20(1):71-74
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The concurrent occurrence of both aplastic anemia and thyroid cancer in a child is a very rare event. Although cancer may occur in patients with aplastic anemia who previously received immunosuppressive therapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), cancer in patients who are naive to such therapies is rare. We report a 12-year-old patient with idiopathic very severe aplastic anemia who was subsequently diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. This patient had a unique clinical presentation in that thyroid cancer was diagnosed prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation given to treat very severe aplastic anemia.
