papillary thyroid cancer and ulcerative colitis

Papillary thyroid cancer and ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis is associated with several malignancies. Here we report one such association, a rare one, with papillary thyroid carcinoma, and discuss the possible risk factors of such an association.

Papillary thyroid carcinoma associated with ulcerative colitis.

A case is reported of papillary thyroid adenocarcinoma with cervical lymph node metastases in a young man who had presented earlier with severe total ulcerative colitis. The aetiological factors in the pathogenesis of papillary thyroid carcinoma are briefly reviewed and an association between this neoplasm and ulcerative colitis is suggested.

Cancer and ulcerative colitis.

Ulcerative colitis is a potential precursor of cancer of the colon or rectum. In a series of patients with ulcerative colitis operated on between 1952 and 1968 seven developed carcinoma in the residual rectal stump after total colectomy and ileorectal anastomis. After assessment of the risks of the other available forms of treatment, I believe that ileorectal anastomosis is the best operation i...

Ulcerative Colitis and Colorectal Cancer:

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is chronic inflammatory disease affecting approximately 1.4 million people in the United States. IBD comprises mainly two disorders, ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn disease (CD). UC is restricted to the colon and rectal segments, while CD is a variable disorder. CD may affect essentially any segment of the gastrointestinal tract, with a preference for the term...

Cancer in ulcerative colitis.

Autoimmune thyroid disease with ulcerative colitis.

Two cases of co-existing thyroid disease and ulcerative colitis are reported. Thyroid disorder preceded ulcerative colitis in each case. The presence of acute colitis delayed and obscured the clinical diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis in one case and the colitis could not be controlled until her thyrotoxicosis was treated. Although the specific factors involved in this relationship are now known, an ...