Marine-Lenhart syndrome with papillary thyroid carcinoma
Citation
Atmaca, H., Çolak, R., Yazici, Z. A., Kefeli, M., & Tosun, F. C. (2015). Marine-Lenhart syndrome with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 20(4), 412–415.Abstract
Graves' disease with accompanying functioning nodules is known as Marine-Lenhart syndrome. Autonomously functioning thyroid nodules (AFTNs) also within Graves' thyroid tissue are almost always bening in nature. A 45-year-old man developed hyperthyroidism due to the coexistence of Graves' disease and AFTN. Total thyroidectomy was performed. the hyperfunctioning nodule with centrally hypoactive foci detected by technetium-99m thyroid scanning was histologically diagnosed as papillary thyroid carcinoma that was 2.5 cm in diameter. We report the presence of papillary thyroid carcinoma within AFTN in patients with Marine-Lenhart syndrome, which has not been reported so far.
