Medullary and papillary carcinomas occurring as a collision tumor: report of a case.
Multiple thyroid carcinomas of divergent cellular origin are extremely rare. A case is presented in which two unrelated tumors, a medullary carcinoma and a papillary carcinoma, occurred as a collision tumor.
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Department of Pathology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center-Queens Hospital Center Affiliate, Stony Brook, New York.
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D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure