Messina
Italy
Case Report
Concurrent Hyperthyroidism and Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Author(s): Gagliano E, Sturniolo G, Querci A, Milone A, Paparo D, Barbuscia MA, Ricciardello D and Vermiglio FGagliano E, Sturniolo G, Querci A, Milone A, Paparo D, Barbuscia MA, Ricciardello D and Vermiglio F
Background: Concurrent thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism is rare, though increasingly reported. Hyperthyroidism due to thyroid cancer is very rare and challenging.
Case presentation: We present a 35-year-old woman who had been on irregular regimen of propanolol and digoxin as treatment for worsening palpitations for 12 months. She came to our Policlinic University for her propanolol medication evaluation. We identified features of hyperthyroidism and found a left uninodular goiter with no cervical lymphadenopathy. She was referred for thyroid assessment which suggested primary hyperthyroidism and an enlarged heterogeneous left lobe with a well-defined homogenous solid mass. We restarted her on propanolol and referred her for a new course with methimazole. At the Policlinic University, she also underwent a left thyroid lobectomy. The resecte.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2380-5439.1000203
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