Thyroid papillary cancer-related pregnancy: a case report

Abstract: Differentiated thyroid cancer is the second-most frequent tumor among those tumors diagnosed during pregnancy after breast cancer; it also is the most common endocrine malignancy. Pregnancy-associated cancer was defined as a malignancy detected during pregnancy or within 2 years of delivery, but most of the patients with pregnancy-associated cancer were recognized in the postpartum period. The best time for surgery is unclear. Its management is a challenge for both doctors and patients. Enlargement of the thyroid gland in pregnancy is usually a physiological change related to pregnancy, but even if it is rare, it can be due to thyroid malignancy. We report a case of 31-year-old female diagnosed with thyroid papillary cancer during pregnancy with no symptoms except for a lump on her neck. For this reason, the examination of the thyroid gland and the examination of neck lymph nodes should be routinely performed on all pregnant women.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Thyroid papillary cancer-related pregnancy: a case report ; volume:6 ; number:1 ; year:2017 ; extent:3 ; Case reports in perinatal medicine ; 6, Heft 1 (2017) (gesamt 3)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Giray, Burak ; Buyukbayrak, Esra Esim ; Turhan, Omer Talip ; Karsidag, Ayse Yasemin Karageyim

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/crpm-2016-0058
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2411121514304.203168926299
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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