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Papillary adenocarcinoma in thyroid hemiagenesis
Author(s) -
Khatri Vijay P.,
Espinosa Manuel H.,
Harada William A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.2880140411
Subject(s) - thyroid , medicine , papillary adenocarcinoma , nodule (geology) , papillary carcinoma , adenocarcinoma , radiology , incidence (geometry) , pathology , thyroid carcinoma , cancer , biology , paleontology , physics , optics
Variation in the gross anatomy of the thyroid gland is relatively common. Although thyroid hemiagenesis is felt to be a rare anomaly, its incidence is probably underestimated as the diagnosis is usually incidental. The case of a 41‐year‐old woman with right thyroid hemiagenesis associated with papillary adenocarcinoma is presented. The diagnosis of hemiagenesis was established by isotope imaging and surgical exploration for a benign nodule. Seven years later she was seen with a recurrent neck mass, and an isotope scan revealed it to be a cold thyroid nodule. As she was diagnosed to have papillary adenocarci‐noma, total thyroid lobectomy was performed and at present she remains disease‐free. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.