Multifocal papillary carcinoma of the thyroid with heterotopic ossification and extramedullary hematopoiesis associated with a lipomatous follicular nodule

• Main Authors: José Cândido Caldeira Xavier-Júnior (Author), Deolino João Camilo-Júnior (Author), Sebastião Conrado-Neto (Author), Ana Cláudia Severo de Castro Lippe (Author), Neivio José Mattar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Heterotopic ossification has been described in papillary thyroid carcinoma in association with high incidence of extrathyroidal invasion, multifocality, lymph node metastasis, and older age. Nevertheless, it has not been described as a specific subtype of papillary thyroid carcinoma, because of its...