Non-functional water clear cell parathyroid carcinoma masquerading as medullary thyroid carcinoma

Mohamed Khalil; Mark Zafereo; Maria Gule-Monroe; Steven I Sherman; Diana Bell

doi:10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2021.151791

Non-functional water clear cell parathyroid carcinoma masquerading as medullary thyroid carcinoma

Ann Diagn Pathol. 2021 Oct:54:151791. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2021.151791. Epub 2021 Jul 15.

Authors

Mohamed Khalil¹, Mark Zafereo², Maria Gule-Monroe³, Steven I Sherman⁴, Diana Bell⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, United States of America.
² Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, United States of America.
³ Department of Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, United States of America.
⁴ Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, United States of America.
⁵ Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, United States of America; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, United States of America. Electronic address: diana.bell@mdanderson.org.

PMID: 34293707
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2021.151791

Abstract

Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor. Non-functional parathyroid carcinomas are exceedingly rare neoplasms which generally present at an advanced disease stage, and occasionally can masquerade as medullary thyroid carcinoma.

Keywords: Non functional; Parathyroid carcinoma; Water-clear cell.

Published by Elsevier Inc.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / diagnosis
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / pathology*
Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis
Parathyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis
Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
Water*

Substances

Water

Supplementary concepts

Thyroid cancer, medullary