HURTHLE CELL-CARCINOMA IN AN AUTONOMOUS THYROID-NODULE IN AN ADOLESCENT

Authors
SIDDIQUI AR KARANAUSKAS S
Citation
Ar. Siddiqui et S. Karanauskas, HURTHLE CELL-CARCINOMA IN AN AUTONOMOUS THYROID-NODULE IN AN ADOLESCENT, Pediatric radiology, 25(7), 1995, pp. 568-569
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010449
Volume
25
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
568 - 569
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0449(1995)25:7<568:HCIAAT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A 16-year-old girl presented with a palpable thyroid nodule which was found to be functioning autonomously by radioiodine (I-123) scintigrap hy. After needle biopsy proved nondiagnostic, surgical excision showed the nodule to be Hurthle cell carcinoma. Functional thyroid nodules a re rarely malignant, thyroid carcinoma is rare in childhood, and Hurth le cell carcinoma is a rare thyroid neoplasm, so the presence of these three rare conditions in one patient makes it a very unusual case.