Development of metastatic poorly differentiated thyroid cancer from a sub-centimeter papillary thyroid carcinoma in a young patient with a germline MET mutation – association or random chance?

Development of metastatic poorly differentiated thyroid cancer from a sub-centimeter papillary thyroid carcinoma in a young patient with a germline MET mutation – association or random chance?

Abstract Background Thyroid cancer dedifferentiation is an unusual observation among young patients and is poorly understood, although a recent correlation to DICER1 gene mutations has been proposed. Case presentation A 28-year old patient presented with a sub-centimeter cytology-verified primary pa...

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Main Authors: Klara Johansson, Adam Stenman, Johan O. Paulsson, Na Wang, Catharina Ihre-Lundgren, Jan Zedenius, C. Christofer Juhlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:Thyroid Research
Subjects:
MET mutation
Papillary thyroid cancer
MET overexpression
Poorly differentatied thyroid carcinoma
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-021-00110-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-021-00110-4

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