THYROIS PARAGANGLIOMA: CASE REPORT

Intrathyroidal paragangliomas are very rare tumours. We report a case of a 32 year-old woman with a mass in the right lobe of the thyroid gland, without other symptoms. The first diagnosis was a thyroid medullary carcinoma, after fine-needle aspiration. The therapeutical option was right hemithyroid...

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Autores principales: Vera-Cruz,Paulo, Zagalo,Carlos, Félix,Ana, Pratas,Sónia, Rosa Santos,Jorge
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Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2001
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spelling oai:scielo:S0716-986820010003000162002-11-28THYROIS PARAGANGLIOMA: CASE REPORTVera-Cruz,PauloZagalo,CarlosFélix,AnaPratas,SóniaRosa Santos,Jorge Thyroid tumours Medullary thyroid carcinoma Hyalinizing trabecular adenoma Hürthle-cell neoplasm Carcinoid tumor Thyroid paraganglioma Intrathyroidal paragangliomas are very rare tumours. We report a case of a 32 year-old woman with a mass in the right lobe of the thyroid gland, without other symptoms. The first diagnosis was a thyroid medullary carcinoma, after fine-needle aspiration. The therapeutical option was right hemithyroidectomy. Histological pattern and immunohistochemical study were compatible with paraganglioma. We emphasise the diagnostic difficulties and the importance of immunohistochemical markersinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaRevista chilena de anatomía v.19 n.3 20012001-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-98682001000300016en10.4067/S0716-98682001000300016
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Thyroid tumours
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Hyalinizing trabecular adenoma
Hürthle-cell neoplasm
Carcinoid tumor
Thyroid paraganglioma
spellingShingle Thyroid tumours
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Hyalinizing trabecular adenoma
Hürthle-cell neoplasm
Carcinoid tumor
Thyroid paraganglioma
Vera-Cruz,Paulo
Zagalo,Carlos
Félix,Ana
Pratas,Sónia
Rosa Santos,Jorge
THYROIS PARAGANGLIOMA: CASE REPORT
description Intrathyroidal paragangliomas are very rare tumours. We report a case of a 32 year-old woman with a mass in the right lobe of the thyroid gland, without other symptoms. The first diagnosis was a thyroid medullary carcinoma, after fine-needle aspiration. The therapeutical option was right hemithyroidectomy. Histological pattern and immunohistochemical study were compatible with paraganglioma. We emphasise the diagnostic difficulties and the importance of immunohistochemical markers
author Vera-Cruz,Paulo
Zagalo,Carlos
Félix,Ana
Pratas,Sónia
Rosa Santos,Jorge
author_facet Vera-Cruz,Paulo
Zagalo,Carlos
Félix,Ana
Pratas,Sónia
Rosa Santos,Jorge
author_sort Vera-Cruz,Paulo
title THYROIS PARAGANGLIOMA: CASE REPORT
title_short THYROIS PARAGANGLIOMA: CASE REPORT
title_full THYROIS PARAGANGLIOMA: CASE REPORT
title_fullStr THYROIS PARAGANGLIOMA: CASE REPORT
title_full_unstemmed THYROIS PARAGANGLIOMA: CASE REPORT
title_sort thyrois paraganglioma: case report
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate 2001
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-98682001000300016
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