Despite the increase in the incidence of thyroid carcinomas, the occurrence of collision tumors in the thyroid remains a rare event. We present the case of a 69-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with a chief... more
Despite the increase in the incidence of thyroid carcinomas, the occurrence of collision tumors in the thyroid remains a rare event. We present the case of a 69-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of painful neck swelling. Imaging revealed a large right hemithyroid mass and a left hemithyroid nodule. Fine needle aspiration of the lesions and subsequent total thyroidectomy revealed a Hürthle cell carcinoma in the right lobe and bilateral multicentric papillary carcinoma foci, including 2 foci with a classical pattern and 1 encapsulated follicular variant in the isthmus. BRAF gene mutation analysis revealed V600E gene mutation in the classical variants of papillary carcinoma and in the Hürthle cell carcinoma. The focus of follicular variant of papillary carcinoma in the isthmus and a sample from normal thyroid tissue did not harbor BRAF mutations. This case is remarkable in being an unusual report of a follicular Hürthle cell carcinoma harb...
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Objective: To study glycemic control after initiation of pump therapy in a group of patients with type 1 diabetes..Materials and Methods: We reviewed all consecutive charts of adolescent and adult Lebanese patients with type 1 diabetes... more
Objective: To study glycemic control after initiation of pump therapy in a group of patients with type 1 diabetes..Materials and Methods: We reviewed all consecutive charts of adolescent and adult Lebanese patients with type 1 diabetes treated at the American University of Beirut Medical Center who were started on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) between 2003 and 2005. Their previous
