RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Combined parathyroid adenoma and an occult papillary carcinoma
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1707
OP 1710
VO 25
IS 11
A1 Abdul-Wahed N. Meshikhes
A1 Mohammed S. Butt
A1 Basima A. Al-Saihati
YR 2004
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/25/11/1707.abstract
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.