Case Report - Multinodular goiter in a patient with Congenital Hypothyroidism and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome: the possible synergic role of TPO and PTEN mutation.

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We report the case of a paediatric female patient affected by Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRS) and congenital hypothyroidism (CH) with homozygous mutation of the TPO gene. She underwent total thyroidectomy at the age of seven years because of the development of a multinodular goiter. BRRS patients present an increased risk of benign and malignant thyroid disease since childhood because of inactivating...

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