Thyroid cancer is considered the most common endocrine malignancy, with the most frequent presentation of differentiated thyroid cancer being a neck swelling or an incidental finding of a thyroid nodule on imaging. In this case series, we describe three cases of thyroid cancer with unusual clinical manifestations. The first case describes a patient who underwent parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism and was found to have papillary thyroid cancer on a cervical lymph node biopsy. While this may be coincidental, the literature raises the question of whether there may be an association. The second case describes a patient who presents with a suspicious thyroid nodule and was subsequently diagnosed with follicular thyroid cancer on biopsy. This raises the question of performing thyroidectomy early in patients with a suspicious thyroid nodule but a false negative biopsy. The third case describes a patient with a scalp lesion found to have poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma, a rare presentation of this form of cancer.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.