Concurrent medullary and papillary carcinoma of thyroid

Abstract

Simultaneous occurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma PTC and medullary thyroid carcinoma MTC in the same thyroid gland is a rare condition. These tumors derive from different cells; PTC originates from follicular cells whereas MTC originates from parafollicular cells. Because of this, the treatment of these tumors also differs. This article describes two rare cases of the simultaneous occurrence of MTC and PTC in the thyroid gland.

Keywords

• Cancer, concurrent, medullary, papillary, thyroid

Tiroidin eşzamanlı medüller ve papiller karsinomu

Abstract

Papiller tiroid karsinomu PTK ve medüller tiroid karsinomunun MTK aynı tiroid bezinde simültane oluşumu nadir bir durumdur. Bu tümörler farklı hücrelerden köken alır; PTC foliküler hücrelerden kaynaklanırken MTC parafoliküler hücrelerden kaynaklanır. Bu nedenle, bu tümörlerin tedavisi de farklıdır. Bu yazıda tiroid bezinde MTK ve PTK’nın simültane oluşumuna dair iki nadir olgu tanımlandı

Keywords

• Kanser, eşzamanlı, medüller, papiller, tiroid

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