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KMID : 0882420090760010085
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2009 Volume.76 No. 1 p.85 ~ p.89
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A case of papillary thyroid cancer and pheochromocytoma with ganglioneuroma
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Ahn Ji-Hyun
Lee Seung-Eun
Chung Yun-Jae
Chi Kyong-Chon
Kim Mi-Kyung
Oh Yeon-Sahng
Kim Jae-Taek
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Abstract
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Composite tumors containing pheochromocytoma and ganglioneuroma are very rare. We report a 70-year-old female with papillary thyroid carcinoma and a compound adrenal medullary tumor, composed of pheochromocytoma/ ganglioneuroma. She had complained of epigastric discomfort 2 months earlier. Chest computed tomography and pancreatic magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intrathoracic goiter and pancreatic cystic tumor. She underwent an explorative laparotomy, and a left adrenalectomy was done because of an adrenal mass, not the pancreatic mass. The pathological diagnosis was a compound adrenal medullary tumor, composed of pheochromocytoma and ganglioneuroma. Although there was no evidence of thyroid cancer on fine needle aspiration cytology, a total thyroidectomy was done because of the neck discomfort. The pathological diagnosis was a papillary thyroid carcinoma, and she underwent radioactive iodine therapy.
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KEYWORD
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Thyroid Neoplasm, Pheochromocytoma, Ganglioneuroma
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