Rapidly growing thyroid carcinoma during pregnancy.
We experienced two cases of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid during pregnancy. The thyroid carcinomas grew rapidly in early pregnancy. We speculate that human chorionic gonadotropin plays an important role in the rapid growth of thyroid carcinoma during pregnancy.
Kobayashi
K
K
Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Japan.
Tanaka
Y
Y
Ishiguro
S
S
Mori
T
T
D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*