Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid developed in congenital dyshormonogenetic hypothyroidism without goiter: Diagnosis by FNAB.
Drut R, Moreno A
Department of Pathology, Superiora Sor María Ludovica Children's Hospital, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. patologi@netverk.com.ar
A 5-year-old girl known to have congenital dyshormonogenetic hypothyroidism since birth and under appropriate treatment (without goiter) developed a thyroid nodule which was found in the clinical follow-up. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the nodule allowed to diagnose a papillary thyroid carcinoma, a diagnosis which was certified by the surgical specimen exam. Dyshormonogenetic goiter may rarely associate with thyroid carcinoma. The present case appears unique since goiter was not present.
Published 15 September 2009 in Diagn Cytopathol, 37(10): 707-9.
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