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We present a case of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland with pulmonary metastases in a 5 year old boy. The child also suffered from atresia of the gallbladder and the common bile ducts with biliary cirrhosis of the liver and died from hepatic insufficiency. Possible correlations between childhood thyroid carcinoma and congenital malformations are discussed.
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Marquardt, B., Kißler, W. Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland and atresia of the common bile ducts of a five year old boy. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 381, 241–244 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01257888
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01257888