Multiple sclerosis, human herpesvirus 4 and thyroid collision tumor: A case report
Autor: | Angela Mirela Soare, Florentina Ionita-Radu, Carmen Adella Sirbu, Anca Maria Sirbu, Minerva Claudia Ghinescu, Lucian Eftimie |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Cancer Research Pathology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Thyroid Medullary thyroid cancer Cancer General Medicine Articles medicine.disease Papillary thyroid cancer 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) Calcitonin 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine Thyroglobulin Thyroid function business Thyroid cancer |
Zdroj: | Exp Ther Med |
ISSN: | 1792-0981 |
Popis: | The role of interferon β-1b (IFNβ-1b), used for multiple sclerosis (MS) therapy, in cancer occurrence is uncertain. There is evidence supporting the role of human herpesvirus 4 [Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)] in thyroid cancer and MS. Simultaneous occurrence of papillary and medullary carcinomas is rare, and its association with MS in a young woman raises questions. A 46-year-old female patient was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in 2008. In 2018, cervical MRI detected a thyroid nodule with right cervical adenopathy. Her thyroid function was normal, but increased calcitonin levels were found (70.53 pg/ml; normal value |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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