Coexistent papillary thyroid carcinoma diagnosed in surgically treated patients for primary versus secondary hyperparathyroidism: same incidence, different characteristics.

Cristina PredaDumitru D BranisteanuIoana ArmasuRadu DanilaCristian VelicescuDelia CiobanuAdrian CovicAlexandru Grigorovici

Published in: BMC surgery (2019)

PTC was frequently and similarly associated with both PHPT and SHPT irrespective of presurgical PTH levels. Thyroid tumors above 1 cm were found only in patients with PHPT. Investigators should focus also on associated thyroid nodular pathology in patients with PHPT.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
lymph node
risk factors
squamous cell carcinoma
patient reported outcomes
patient reported