Papillary thyroid cancer in black thyroid: a case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black thyroid is a rare incidental finding during surgery. We report the case of a patient with papillary thyroid cancer who was incidentally found to have minocycline-induced black thyroid.

Case description

A 29-year-old woman presented with a left thyroid nodule and metastatic papillary thyroid cancer involving the left neck level IV lymph nodes. She had a medical history of anxiety disorder with depression, severe acne, and rosacea, and had been taking benzodiazepines, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, isotretinoin, and minocycline for a few years. The patient underwent a total thyroidectomy with left central compartment neck dissection and ipsilateral modified radical neck dissection. A black thyroid gland was identified during thyroidectomy. During lev

SUBMITTER: Kim MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10005984 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature