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ArticleJCEM case reports2026

Multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma with

Jacob Beiriger, Leonard E Estephan, Lubna Zuberi, Stacey Gargano, Elizabeth Cottrill

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Article in JCEM case reports, 2026. 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jacob BeirigerSidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8552-787X
Leonard E EstephanDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Lubna ZuberiDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Stacey GarganoDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Elizabeth CottrillDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5861-5428

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multifocal papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) can arise from independent primaries with discordant drivers in parallel clonal evolution rather than a single-clone pattern. We present a 31-year-old female with multifocal PTC harboring 3 distinct oncogenic alterations: a germline

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BRAF V600EEML4-ALK fusionmolecular profilingpapillary thyroid carcinomaRET p.V804Mthyroid cancer genetics

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PMID42039113
PMCPMC13107181

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