RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Concurrent papillary and medullary thyroid carcinomas with mixed metastases to lymph nodes
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 373
OP 375
VO 25
IS 3
A1 Meshikhes, Abdul-Wahed N.
A1 Tingura, Mukund
A1 Al-Saeed, Jamal Y.
YR 2004
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/25/3/373.abstract
AB We report here a rare concurrence of medullary and papillary carcinomas of the thyroid in a 39-year-old Saudi male. He presented with a solitary nodule of the right thyroid lobe and underwent total thyroidectomy based on the cytological diagnosis of papillary carcinoma. Subsequent detailed histopathologic examination of the thyroid revealed 2 different types of malignancies in the 2 lobes papillary cancer in the right and medullary cancer in the left lobe. A single small lymph node showed metastatic replacement by both cancers. The extreme rarity and the interesting pathological features of such combinations are discussed.