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Neurofibromatosis type 1 associated with papillary thyroid carcinoma incidentally detected by thyroid ultrasonography: a case report

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Title
Neurofibromatosis type 1 associated with papillary thyroid carcinoma incidentally detected by thyroid ultrasonography: a case report
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 2012
DOI 10.1186/1752-1947-6-179
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Bu Kyung Kim, Young Sik Choi, Sangeon Gwoo, Yo Han Park, Song I. Yang, Jeong Hoon Kim

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a common heritable neurocutaneous disorder. Neurofibromatosis type 1 may be associated with tumors of the central nervous system and pheochromocytoma. However, papillary thyroid carcinoma associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 is very rare. We present what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of papillary thyroid carcinoma to be detected incidentally by ultrasonography in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1. A 63-year-old South Korean man with neurofibromatosis type 1 presented to our study hospital because of thyroid nodules detected incidentally by ultrasonography. Papillary thyroid carcinoma was diagnosed by ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration, and then a total thyroidectomy with central compartment neck dissection was performed. The B isoform of the RafV600E mutation was identified by multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay. Papillary thyroid carcinoma associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 is very rare. However, it is speculated that papillary thyroid carcinoma is more likely to be detected in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 if screening by ultrasonography is performed for them.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 11 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 36%
Other 2 18%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 9%
Lecturer 1 9%
Researcher 1 9%
Other 1 9%
Unknown 1 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 36%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 9%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 3 27%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 July 2012.
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#15,246,403
of 22,669,724 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Medical Case Reports
#1,495
of 3,880 outputs
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#104,858
of 164,217 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Medical Case Reports
#21
of 61 outputs
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