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ArticleCureus2025

Thyrotoxicosis With Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Rare Endocrine Diagnostic Challenge.

G Balamurugan, N Selvaraj, Sahana Kannan

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3 authors.

G BalamuruganDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore, IND.
N SelvarajDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore, IND.
Sahana KannanDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of a hyper-functioning thyroid gland presenting alongside an underlying malignancy rarely occurs. Herein, we present a rare case of a 56-year-old female patient presenting with features of hyperthyroidism only to be later diagnosed with an underlying malignancy, medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Ultrasonography (USG) of the neck revealed a suspicious nodule with microcalcifications in the right lobe of the thyroid. Subsequent CT imaging of the neck indicated possible cervical and mediastinal lymph node involvement. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) confirmed the presence of high-grade thyroid carcinoma. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy with neck node dissection after which her symptoms subsided. She was well at her last follow-up.

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elevated calcitonin levelselevated carcinoembryonic antigen (cea)hyperthyroidismmedullary thyroid carcinomathyroidectomythyrotoxicosis

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PMID40018500
PMCPMC11865929

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