title: The clinical management in familial adenomatous polyposis deserves continuous monitoring for thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Papillary thyroid carcinoma is an extraintestinal manifestation of patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, mainly occurring in young women. Recent publications highlight that familial adenomatous polyposis-associated papillary thyroid carcinoma represents a distinct type of follicular cell neoplasm histologically characterised by cribriform-morular aspects, the incidence of which has probably been underestimated so far. We report a case history of familial adenomatous polyposis-associated papillary thyroid carcinoma occurring in a 55-year-old man with Gardner syndrome, underscoring the importance of careful ultrasound screening examination of the thyroid gland in this condition.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Locarno, Switzerland. stefano.crippa@ti.ch
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crippa
authors.forename: Piercarlo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saletti
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barizzi
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mazzucchelli
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005736:Gardner Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography