Papillary thyroid carcinoma associated with ulcerative colitis.
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چکیده
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.
منابع مشابه
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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 72 852 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996