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Lithium Associated Thyroid Cancer
Author(s) -
Brownlie B. E. W.,
Turner J. G.,
Millner G. M. B.,
Perry E. G.,
Ding L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1980.tb03422.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , lithium (medication) , cancer , thyroid , oncology , intensive care medicine
Summary: Lithium associated thyroid cancer. B. E. W. Brownlie, J. G. Turner, G. M. B. Millner, E. G. Perry and L. cling, Aust. N.Z. J. Med ., 1980 ,10 , pp. 62–63. This report documents papillary cell carcinoma of the thyroid occurring in a 55–year‐old woman after three‐and‐a‐half years of lithium therapy. She presented with unilateral thyroid enlargement causing tracheal deviation. There was no clinical suspicion of malignancy and the histological fin clings were totally unexpected.