Case Report: Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Patient with Celiac Disease and Thalassemia Trait

Afaf Albattah; Yahia Imam; Ahmed Osman Saleh; Khalid Ahmed; Tarek Aboursheid; Samah Kohla; Shehab Mohamed

doi:10.1159/000511068

Case Report: Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Patient with Celiac Disease and Thalassemia Trait

Case Rep Oncol. 2020 Nov 25;13(3):1364-1367. doi: 10.1159/000511068. eCollection 2020 Sep-Dec.

Authors

Afaf Albattah¹, Yahia Imam², Ahmed Osman Saleh³, Khalid Ahmed¹, Tarek Aboursheid⁴, Samah Kohla⁵, Shehab Mohamed¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology, National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
² Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.
³ Department of Endocrinology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Laboratory Department, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Abstract

Thyroid cancer is the most frequent endocrine neoplasm in the general population. Common risk factors include gender, radiation exposure, and genetic backgrounds. The association of papillary thyroid cancer and celiac disease has frequently been reported in the literature; however, the association of papillary thyroid cancer and thalassemia trait is rare. Likewise, the association of thalassemia major and celiac disease is also rare. We hereby report a unique case of papillary thyroid cancer in a patient with celiac disease and thalassemia trait.

Keywords: Celiac disease; Papillary thyroid cancer; Thalassemia.

Publication types

Case Reports