Hashimoto thyroiditis associated with thyroid cancer in adolescent patients.
Three girls had Hashimoto thyroiditis and thyroid cancer. Cervical exploration revealed a follicular carcinoma in one, an oxyphilic cell carcinoma in another, and a papillary carcinoma in the third. These cases add clinical and pathologic data to the previously debated concept that Hashimoto thyroiditis coexists with thyroid carcinoma.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology