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ea0029p865 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ICEECE2012

Non-medullary neuroendocrine carcinoma in the thyroid gland: a case-report

Alvarez-Escola C. , Riveiro Villanueva J. , Fernandez Martinez A. , Nistal M. , Castro A. , Barriuso J.

Introduction: Neuroendocrine lesions in the thyroid gland are uncommon. The differential diagnosis usually includes medullary thyroid carcinoma, paraganglioma and metastases. There are few non-conclusive reports of primary neuroendocrine carcinomas of the thyroid.Clinical case: A 49-year-old woman with a past medical history for familial hypercholesterolemia and right oophorectomy for mature teratoma with struma ovarii, was evaluated for a rapidly growin...