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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.
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