A Rare Constellation of Hürthle
Cell Thyroid Carcinoma and
Parathyroid Carcinoma
OD08-OD10
Correspondence
Dr. Mohammad Bahadoram,
Medical Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
E-mail: mohammadbahadoram@yahoo.com
Separate occurrence of thyroid and parathyroid carcinoma in patients is extremely rare, and to the best of our knowledge, only 7 patients with documented parathyroid and papillary thyroid carcinomas have been described formerly in published reports. We report a patient with an extremely unusual clinical presentation of Hürthle cell carcinoma in thyroid and parathyroid carcinoma. The patient displayed a rare presentation of life-threatening hypercalcaemia after total para-thyroidectomy and failed to respond to standard therapy. Our review of available literature yielded insufficient evidence in managing such. When a patient with thyroid cancer is diagnosed, checking for serum calcium is advised. This is considered a useful method for detecting possible incidental parathyroid lesion and screening the probable concealed parathyroid pathology.