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Minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma developed in dyshormonogenetic multinodular goiter due to thyroid peroxidase gene mutation.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 May 2012
Chertok Shacham Elena, Ishay Avraham, Irit Elmalah, Pohlenz Joachim, Tenenbaum-Rakover Yardena
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The occurrence of thyroid carcinoma in patients with congenital hypothyroidism (CH) caused by dyshormonogenesis is very rare, and has only been reported in one patient harboring mutations in the thyroid peroxidase (TPO) gene. PATIENT FINDINGS: We report on a 29-year follow-up of two consanguineous siblings with CH due to total iodide organification defect who also had sensorineural hearing loss....
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