Affiliations: Department of Surgery, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200336, China
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Corresponding author: Ying-Jie Xu, Department of Surgery, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200336, China. Tel.: +86 13371936551; E-mail:xuyingjie880923@126.com
Abstract: Here one concurrent case of a patient with both thyroid and breast cancers
was discussed with a comprehensive literature review. On March 21,
2016, a 42-year-old female patient was admitted into our hospital because of
right neck mass and left breast mass for 1 week during a routine health
examination. On March 22, the combined procedures of complete resection of
right thyroid gland plus isthmus with dissection of lymph nodes in right VI
region plus left breast regional lumpectomy were performed under
endotracheal anesthesia. Final diagnosis: Mammary cancer (right thyroid
gland), PT1aN1aM0 (stage I); ductal breast cancer (left breast), PT1NxM0
(re-operation within two weeks). For either disease, a practicing clinician
should stay on a high alert for individual and familial endocrine
diseases. And breast molybdenum target imaging and type B ultrasound should
be performed regularly for screening. It is always prudent to catch and treat
diseases as early as possible. The conclusion is as follows.
Keywords: Thyroid cancer, breast cancer, receptor regulations, correlations, gene level
