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. 2013 Sep;54(5):351-3.
doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.122372.

A case of concurrent several forms of thyroid cancer

Mohammad Mohammadzadeh  1 , Ali Pourzand  2 , Amir-Taher Eftekhar-Sadat  3 , Hossein Alikhah  4 , Mohammad Naghavi-Behzad  4
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A case of concurrent several forms of thyroid cancer

Mohammad Mohammadzadeh et al. Niger Med J. 2013 Sep.

Abstract

Simultaneous occurrence of papillary and follicular thyroid cancer, known as differentiated thyroid cancer, has been reported with various presentations, but presence of an anaplastic cancer, as an undifferentiated cancer, in addition to differentiated thyroid cancer is rarely reported. We here report a 40-year-old man with papillary thyroid cancer on his right thyroid lobe and metastasized to the right posterior triangle of the neck. Survey on the mass in the right posterior triangle revealed presence of simultaneous papillary, follicular, and anaplastic thyroid cancer. The patient underwent right thyroid lobectomy and he received adjuvant radiotherapy in combination with chemotherapy.

Keywords: Anaplastic; follicular; papillary; thyroid cancer.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Papillary section of tumor with fibromascular core (arrow)
Figure 2
Figure 2
View of follicular cancer
Figure 3
Figure 3
Anaplastic section of tumor with anaplastic spindle cells
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Figure 4
Anaplastic section of tumor with anaplastic round cells
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