1. Insular carcinoma arising on a background of follicular carcinoma, thyrolipomatosis and amyloid goitre.
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Loh TL, Latis S, Ali RB, and Patel H
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- Adenocarcinoma, Follicular complications, Adenocarcinoma, Follicular radiotherapy, Adenocarcinoma, Follicular surgery, Aged, Amyloidosis complications, Goiter surgery, Humans, Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis complications, Lipomatosis complications, Male, Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, Rare Diseases, Thyroid Gland diagnostic imaging, Thyroid Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Thyroid Neoplasms radiotherapy, Thyroid Neoplasms surgery, Thyroidectomy methods, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Treatment Outcome, Ultrasonography, Adenocarcinoma, Follicular pathology, Amyloidosis diagnosis, Goiter pathology, Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis diagnosis, Lipomatosis pathology, Thyroid Gland pathology, Thyroid Neoplasms pathology
- Abstract
A 67-year-old man was referred with a history of a right-sided neck lump and dysphonia, secondary to a lesion in the thyroid gland. After undergoing a total thyroidectomy, he was found to have an exceedingly rare combination of follicular carcinoma, insular carcinoma, thyrolipomatosis and an amyloid goitre in his thyroid gland. He subsequently underwent further radioactive iodine ablation and has been in remission. He was also later incidentally diagnosed with systemic amyloidosis, which explained the amyloid deposition in his thyroid gland., Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared., (© BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.)
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- 2017
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