Painless thyroiditis associated to thyroid carcinoma: role of initial ultrasonography evaluation

Even though it is a rare event, most associations of thyroid carcinoma with subacute thyroiditis described in the literature are related to its granulomatous form (Quervain’s thyroiditis). We present a patient with subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis (painless thyroiditis) and papillary thyroid cancer...

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Main Authors: Raisa Bressan Valentini, Bruno Mussoi de Macedo, Rogério Friedrich Izquierdo, Erika Laurini Souza Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2015-09-01
Series:Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972016000200178&lng=en&tlng=en

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