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Hürthle cell carcinoma in an autonomous thyroid nodule in an adolescent

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A 16-year-old girl presented with a palpable thyroid nodule which was found to be functioning autonomously by radioiodine (123I) scintigraphy. After needle biopsy proved nondiagnostic, surgical excision showed the nodule to be Hürthle cell carcinoma. Functional thyroid nodules are rarely malignant, thyroid carcinoma is rare in childhood, and Hürthle cell carcinoma is a rare thyroid neoplasm, so the presence of these three rare conditions in one patient makes it a very unusual case.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 702 Barnhill Drive, 46202-5200, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    A. R. Siddiqui & S. Karanauskas

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Siddiqui, A.R., Karanauskas, S. Hürthle cell carcinoma in an autonomous thyroid nodule in an adolescent. Pediatr Radiol 25, 568–569 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02015798

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