Abstract
Having read the recent article by Ehlers and Schott [ 1 Ehlers M. Schott M. Hashimoto's thyroiditis and papillary thyroid cancer: are they immunologically linked?. Trends Endocrinol. Metab. 2014; 25: 656-664 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (64) Google Scholar ] on the immunological link between Hashimoto's thyroiditis and papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), we would like to provide further insights into this association by presenting the fourth case of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) II associated with PTC, but the first in which APS syndrome presented with a combination of adrenal insufficiency, autoimmune thyroiditis, and premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) [ 2 Karavanaki K. et al. Multiple autoimmunity, type 1 diabetes (T1DM), autoimmune thyroiditis and thyroid cancer: is there an association? A case report and literature review. J. Pediatr. Endocrinol. Metab. 2014; 27: 1011-1016 Crossref PubMed Scopus (9) Google Scholar , 3 Leaes C.G. et al. Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome: an unusual presentation with empty sella, premature ovarian failure, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis associated with thyroid cancer. Gynecol. Endocrinol. 2012; 28: 999-1001 Crossref PubMed Scopus (3) Google Scholar , 4 Mussa A. et al. Papillary thyroid cancer and autoimmune polyglandular syndrome. J. Pediatr. Endocrinol. Metab. 2014; (Published online August 12, 2014)https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2014-0268 Crossref Scopus (7) Google Scholar ].
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