Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid after postpartum thyroiditis.
Postpartum thyroiditis is a benign, often self-limited cause of thyroid dysfunction. This report describes the first case of papillary carcinoma arising in a woman with postpartum thyroid disease. Both clinicians and pathologists must keep a high index of suspicion in postpartum patients with persistent thyroid abnormalities, even when a previous biopsy may have disclosed benign disease.
van Hoeven
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Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Goldstein
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Friedman
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D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000209:etiology*