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Hyperfunctioning thyroid adenoma concomitant with papillary thyroid carcinoma, follicular thyroid adenoma and primary hyperparathyroidism.
Endocrine journal - 1 Feb 1998
Sato Y, Sakurai A, Miyamoto T, Hiramatsu K, Katai M, Furihata K, Hashizume K
Abstract excerpt
A case of 67-year-old woman with hyperthyroidism due to functioning thyroid adenoma is reported. The patient had concomitant follicular thyroid adenoma and primary hyperparathyroidism in addition to functioning adenoma. Histological examination of the excised thyroid tissue revealed occult papillary carcinoma within a functioning adenoma. Genetic analysis of such tumors indicated that functioning adenoma and...
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