Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
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.
Source: Cureus
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.78096
Authors: G Balamurugan, N Selvaraj, Sahana Kannan
Institution: Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4406858995