A rare coexistence of parathyroid adenoma and medullary and papillary thyroid carcinoma.

The combination of parathyroid adenoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has been reported occasionally, but it has now been recognized more often through effective evaluations. However, the etiology and risk factors remain unclear, so we discuss them in this article. Here, we report the case of a 64-year-old woman with parathyroid adenoma, MTC, and PTC diagnosed incidentally.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the spleen: a case report and review of the literature.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the spleen (IMTS) is an extremely rare, intermediate malignant tumor with unclear etiology, and is most frequently detected incidentally. IMTS presents with nonspecific symptoms that pose a diagnostic challenge to clinicians or presents with the similar appearances to splenetic malignant neoplasms that pose a misdiagnose prior to surgery. Histopathology of the resected specimen remains the gold standard for diagnosing these rare splenic tumors.