Simultaneous occurrence of follicular and papillary thyroid carcinomas in same thyroid lobe : A case series of six patients from Qatar

• Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) are the first and second most common thyroid cancers comprising about 85% and 10% of all thyroid cancers. Simultaneous occurrence of medullary and papillary thyroid cancer has been reported with various presentations, but simultaneous occurrence of FTC in addition to PTC as differentiated cancers, is an unusual event that is rarely reported. Presentation of cases: We report our experience of six rare cases of synchronous coexistence of FTC and PTC with unique features. Case 1 is 31 old Egyptian female. Case 2 is a 61 year old Sudanese male. Case 3 is a 59 year old Sudanese male. Case 4 is a 56 years old Indian female. Case 5 is a 35 years old Filipina female. Case 6 is a 52 years old Qatari female. The six cases are special in their co-occurrence of two thyroid carcinoma, consisting of histologic features of follicular thyroid carcinomas, and classical papillary thyroid carcinoma, possibly the first case series of simultaneous occurrence of these two types of thyroid cancer in the Middle East and North Africa Region. Conclusions: We present rare cases of concurrent FTC and PTC. These six cases add more data highlighting the coincidental simultaneous coexistence of FTC and PTC. Endocrinologists and pathologists should be aware of and vigilant to this variety. © 2020 The Author(s)

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Kirurgi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Surgery (hsv//eng)

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Differentiated

Follicular thyroid carcinoma

Papillary thyroid carcinoma

levothyroxine

radioactive iodine

thyroglobulin

thyroglobulin antibody

adult

Article

autoimmune thyroiditis

calcification

cancer regression

cancer staging

case report

clinical article

distant metastasis

drug megadose

Egyptian

female

Filipino (people)

follow up

Hashimoto disease

histopathology

hoarseness

Hodgkin disease

human

human tissue

Indian

lymph vessel metastasis

male

middle aged

neck pain

neck swelling

nodular goiter

nodular hyperplasia

ovary follicle cell

positron emission tomography-computed tomography

priority journal

prostate cancer

prostatectomy

Qatar

Qatari

recurrent disease

Sudanese

surgical margin

thyroid follicular carcinoma

thyroid follicular cell

thyroid gland tissue

thyroid lobe

thyroid nodule

thyroid papillary carcinoma

thyroidectomy

ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration

whole body scintiscanning

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