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Anti-Infectives
Scientists at Yonsei University target anti-infectives
March 17th, 2009
"Black thyroid is an uncommon phenomenon of black pigmentation of thyroid parenchyma induced by chronic minocycline therapy. Thyroid tumors associated with black pigmented thyroid arc rare," investigators in Seoul, South Korea report. "We describe here a 42-year-old woman with a black thyroid associated with hyalinizing trabecular tumor (HTT). The patient presented with a palpable left-sided thyroid nodule. She had taken minocycline for aphthous stomatitis and all oral ulcer for 9 years. The findings of fine needle aspiration biopsy and BRAF mutation analysis suggested a papillary carcinoma. The patient Underwent a near-total thyroidectomy with central compartment node...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-17)
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