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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2024

Case Report: Plummer's adenoma in Prader-Willi syndrome.

Domenico Corica, Fabio Toscano, Mariacarla Moleti, Giorgia Pepe, Alfredo Campenni, Guido Fadda, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Carmelo Romeo, Tommaso Aversa, Malgorzata Wasniewska

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Domenico Corica *Pediatric Unit, Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Fabio Toscano *Pediatric Unit, Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Mariacarla MoletiEndocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Giorgia PepePediatric Unit, Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Alfredo CampenniNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morpho-Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Guido FaddaSection of Pathological Anatomy, Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood "Gaetano Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Gianlorenzo DionigiDivision of Surgery, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milano, Italy.
Carmelo RomeoPediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood "Gaetano Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Tommaso AversaPediatric Unit, Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Malgorzata Wasniewska *Pediatric Unit, Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy.

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Abstract

Thyroid nodules in children are less common than in adults but they are approximately two- to three-fold more likely to be malignant in children. Among thyroid nodular diseases, Plummer's adenoma occurs very rarely in pediatrics, and currently, there is no literature providing evidence of this diagnosis in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). We report the case of a 9-year-old Caucasian boy affected by PWS presenting with a rapidly growing palpable mass in the thyroid lodge associated with subclinical hyperthyroidism. Laboratory and other examinations (thyroid ultrasound, fine-needle aspiration of the nodule, and scintigraphy) were strongly suggestive for Plummer's adenoma; therefore, the patient underwent left hemithyroidectomy surgery, and anatomo-pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis. Our case describes the first evidence of an isolated follicular adenoma in children with PWS. Surgery is the only therapeutic option in younger children. Further evidence is needed to assess the possible correlation between these two conditions and the existence of potential risk factors.

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childrenGH therapyPlummer’s adenomasubclinical hyperthyroidismthyroid nodule

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PMCPMC11338776

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