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This is a report of 3 patients who had brachial plexus tumors associated with thyroid tumors. The brachial plexus tumors were schwannomas in 2 patients and a neurofibrosarcoma in one. The thyroid tumors were a carcinoma in 2 patients and a large colloid goiter in one. The association of these two conditions may be coincidental, particularly since they have nothing in common from the standpoints of embryology and pathology. However, it is interesting that approximately 10% of the reported cases of brachial plexus schwannoma have had an associated thyroid tumor.
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Présentation de 3 malades atteints de tumeurs du plexus brachial (2 schwannomes et 1 neurofibrosarcome) associées à des tumeurs thyroÏdiennes (2 carcinomes et 1 volumineux goitre colloÏde). Cette association est peut-Être une coÏncidence, car les tumeurs diffèrent tant au point de vue de l'embryologie que de l'histologie. Il faut cependant souligner le fait que 10% des cas de schwannomes du plexus brachial sont associés à des tumeurs thyroÏdiennes.
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Noterman, J., Dor, P. & Jortay, A.M. Tumors of the brachial plexus associated with a tumor of the thyroid gland. World J. Surg. 1, 683–684 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01556211
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