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From skin to thyroid: incidental finding of dual-variant papillary thyroid carcinoma in a patient with squamous cell carcinoma

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Dear Editor, The occurrence of multiple primary neoplasms in a single patient is rare but well documented, and the incidental discovery of a previously undiagnosed thyroid carcinoma during lymph node dissection for another primary malignancy presents a unique diagnostic challenge. Previous reports have described incidental detection of papillary thyroid carcinoma during neck dissection for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the tongue, via Tc-99m prostate-specific membrane antigen imaging in a patient with a negative fine-needle aspiration (FNA) result, and during oncologic staging for esophageal cancer. [...].

Source: Dermatology Reports

DOI: 10.4081/dr.2025.10587

Authors: Patrick Silvetti, Domenico Di Maria, Ignazio Stanganelli

Institutions: University of Parma, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori

Language: English

Topic: Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $539