PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Meshikhes, Abdul-Wahed N.
AU  - Butt, Mohammed S.
AU  - Al-Saihati, Basima A.
TI  - Combined parathyroid adenoma and an occult papillary carcinoma
DP  - 2004 Nov 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1707--1710
VI  - 25
IP  - 11
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/11/1707.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/11/1707.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2004 Nov 01; 25
AB  - Although the pathological association of thyroid and parathyroid disease is common, the association of both parathyroid adenoma and thyroid cancer is rare. We report here a case of a 45-year-old Saudi woman who was diagnosed to have primary hyperparathyroidism due to a single parathyroid adenoma as confirmed biochemically and radiologically. At operation, the adenoma was found to be an intrathyroid and therefore a thyroid lobectomy was performed. Histology of the excised lobe revealed in addition to the intrathyroid parathyroid adenoma a concurrent occult thyroid papillary carcinoma. This interesting association is discussed based on a literature review.