Endocrine Abstracts

Columnar cell variant is rare variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. It occurs in both genders with the most common occurence in the middle age of life. It differs from common PTC both in morphology and especially in biological behavior. The cancer cells also commonly harbor BRAF mutation. We describe a case of young women, who came for the examination of the thyroid gland before in vitro fertilization. We found normal thyroid function tests, negative antibodies. A s...