Collision tumors of the thyroid. A special clinical and pathological entity

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Thyroid collision tumors are rare entities that designate two histologically and morphologically distinct tumors that occur simultaneously or as metastases from other organs within the thyroid. Medullary and papillary carcinoma co-occurrence is the most frequent. Several theories tried to explain the pathogenic mechanisms underlining collision tumors, including the theory which assumes that one tumor predisposes...

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