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Angiosarcoma of the thyroid and concurrent hyperthyroidism
S Proces1, P Schroeyers, M Delos
1Department of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology, University Hospital UCL of Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
|June 20, 1998
Abstract:
We describe the exceptional association of an angiosarcoma of the thyroid and hyperthyroidism in a 74-year-old woman who presented with a toxic multinodular goiter of recent growth. This association reported in two other cases may not be fortuitous but due a vascular effect of the angiosarcoma contributing to the development of thyrotoxicosis. This case also illustrates the diagnostic difficulties and the poor prognosis of this tumor.