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ea0029p461 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid/Others | ICEECE2012

‘Collision tumor’ of the thyroid: a case report

Yilmaz M. , Gedik A. , Durak M. , Ozdogan O. , Kocdor M. , Bayraktar F.

Introduction: Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (papillary and follicular) being the most common type of thyroid malignancy (80%), originates from the thyroglobuline secreting follicular cells. Medullary thyroid cancer derived from parafollicular C-cells producing calcitonin is relatively rare (5–10%). In this report we aimed to present a case with simultaneous papillary and medullary carcinoma in the same thyroid nodule.Case report: Sixty nine year ...