Thyroid carcinoma and eosinophilia.
An elderly woman with a thyroid nodule slowly growing over ten years is described. During follow-up, this patient developed a rapidly expanding thyroid tumour, multiple lung nodules, hypercalcaemia and pronounced eosinophilia. A needle biopsy of the thyroid revealed a giant-cell carcinoma. This was later confirmed at autopsy. Tumour associated blood eosinophilia has rarely been described with thyroid carcinoma and is discussed here.
D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*