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 hemithyroidectomy. Histological pattern and immunohistochemical study were compatible with paraganglioma. We emphasise the diagnostic difficulties and the importance of immunohistochemical markers

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Main Authors: Vera-Cruz,Paulo, Zagalo,Carlos, Félix,Ana, Pratas,Sónia, Rosa Santos,Jorge
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2001
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-98682001000300016
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