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We report herein the case of a 49-year-old woman with Pendred’s syndrome who developed follicular carcinoma of the thyroid and invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of different primary neoplasms developing in a patient with Pendred’s syndrome.
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Özlük, A., Yildirim, E., Oral, S. et al. Carcinomas of the thyroid and breast associated with pendred’s syndrome: Report of a case. Surg Today 28, 673–674 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950050207
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950050207