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Table 4 Summary of 62 case reports identified through our search strategy that reported thyroid carcinomas within hot nodules. (AFTN autonomously functioning thyroid nodules, TMNG toxic multinodular goiter, FTC follicular thyroid carcinoma, FVPTC follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma, MTC medullary thyroid carcinoma, PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma)

From: Malignancy risk of hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules compared with non-toxic nodules: systematic review and a meta-analysis

Authors

Year

Study Title

Journal Title

Sample size

Age

Single or multiple toxic nodules

Type of thyroid carcinoma

Abs, R., et al.

1991

Hyperfunctioning metastatic follicular thyroid-carcinoma in Pendreds syndrome

Cancer

1

66

TMNG

FTC (metastatic)

Alaoui, N. I. and N. Ben Rais

2011

Association of hyperthyroidism and well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (medullary excluded). A propos of seven cases.

Medecine Nucleaire-Imagerie Fonctionnelle Et Metabolique

7

41.4

4 Graves’ disease, 2 single AFTN, 1 TMNG

5 PTC, 2 FTC

Appetecchia, M. and M. Ducci [41]

1998

Hyperfunctioning differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

1

 

AFTN

PTC

Ardito, G., et al. [42]

1997

Papillary thyroid carcinoma mimicking an autonomous functioning nodule.

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

1

 

AFTN

PTC

Bajja, M. Y., et al. [43]

2017

Mucinous carcinoma of the thyroid: A case report and review of the literature.

Annales D Endocrinologie

1

74

AFTN

Mucinous carcinoma of the thyroid

Barrande, G., et al.

1997

Two thyroid carcinomas mimicking toxic adenomas.

Presse Medicale

2

35 and 55

AFTN

 

Becker, F. O., et al.

1963

The occurrence of carcinoma in “hot” thyroid nodules. Report of two cases.

Annals of Internal Medicine

2

   

Bircan, R., et al.

2007

The second follicular thyroid carcinoma presenting as a hot thyroid nodule with a somatic 1486F TSH-Receptor (TSHR) gene mutation.

Hormone Research

1

  

FTC

Bitterman, A., et al. [44]

2006

Thyroid carcinoma presenting as a hot nodule.

Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

1

66, 57, 59

AFTN & TMNG

PTC & 2 FTC

Bommireddipalli, S., et al. [45]

2010

Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a toxic nodule by I-123 scintigraphy.

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

1

63

AFTN

FVPTC

Bourasseau, I., et al.

2000

No evidence of thyrotropin receptor and G(s alpha) gene mutation in high iodine uptake thyroid carcinoma.

Thyroid

4

Mean age 41.1

3 AFTN, 1 TMNG

2 PTC and 2 FTC

Calimon, M. A. P. and S. W. Lim-Uy [46]

2014

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in an Autonomous Hyperfunctioning Thyroid Nodule.

Endocrine Reviews

1

 

AFTN

PTC

Camacho, P., et al. [47]

2000

A Phe 486 thyrotropin receptor mutation in an autonomously functioning follicular carcinoma that was causing hyperthyroidism.

Thyroid

1

49

AFTN

FTC

Campenni, A., et al. [32]

2011

Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a toxic nodule in an adolescent girl

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

1

15

AFTN

PTC

Castelli, V., et al.

1994

Occurrence of papillary carcinoma in a hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule: report of a case and diagnostic considerations

Thyroidology

1

  

PTC

Cirillo, R. L., Jr., et al. [48]

1998

Metastatic pure papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a toxic hot nodule.

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

1

 

AFTN

PTC (metastatic)

Clement, K., et al. [49]

1991

Thyroid cancer revealed by an extinctive hot nodule

Presse Medicale

1

62

  

Damle, N., et al. [33]

2011

Papillary carcinoma masquerading as clinically toxic adenoma in very young children.

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism

2

6 months and 5y

AFTN

PTC

De Rosa, G., et al. [50]

1990

Thyroid carcinoma mimicking a toxic adenoma.

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

  

AFTN

 

Ducci, M., et al. [34]

1996

Differentiated carcinoma in autonomously functioning thyroid nodule: case report.

Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica: organo ufficiale della Società italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale

1

13

AFTN

PTC

Einert, A., et al. [51]

1995

A combination of unifocal thyroid autonomy and follicular carcinoma - A case report

Radiologe

1

53

AFTN

FTC

Emmrich, P., et al. [52]

2001

Unifocal autonomous thyroid nodule and carcinoma.

Zentralblatt Fur Chirurgie

2

 

AFTN

FTC and PTC

Foppiani, L., et al. [53]

2005

Heterogeneous malignancy in toxic thyroid nodules

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

3

68, 38, & 62

2 AFTN, 1 TMNG

3 FTC

Fuhrer, D., et al. [54]

2003

Two somatic TSH receptor mutations in a patient with toxic metastasising follicular thyroid carcinoma and non-functional lung metastases.

Endocrine-Related Cancer

1

59

TMNG

FTC

Fujimoto, Y., et al.

1972

Occurrence of papillary carcinoma in hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule. Report of a case.

Endocrinologia Japonica

1

   

Fukata, S., et al. [55]

1987

Thyroid carcinoma and hot nodule

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

1

70

AFTN

PTC

Gardner, D. and S. C. Ho

2014

A rare cause of hyperthyroidism: functioning thyroid metastases

BMJ Case Reports

1

66

TMNG

FVPTC

Gozu, H. et al. [67]

2004

Does a Leu 512 Arg thyrotropin receptor mutation cause an autonomously functioning papillary carcinoma?

Thyroid

1

?

TMNG

PTC

Kim, T. S., et al.

2007

A rare case of hyperfunctioning papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

1

32

AFTN

FVPTC

Kuan, Y. C. and F. H. Tan

2014

Thyroid papillary carcinoma in a ‘hot’ thyroid nodule.

Qjm

1

60

AFTN

FVPTC

Lado-Abeal J. et al [68]

2010

Identification of a paired box gene 8-peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PAX8-PPAR gamma) rearrangement mosaicism in a patient with an autonomous functioning follicular thyroid carcinoma bearing an activating mutation in the TSH receptor

Endocrine-Related Cancer

1

55

TMNG

FTC

Lima, M. J., et al.

2018

Autonomously hyperfunctioning cystic nodule harbouring thyroid carcinoma - Case report and literature review.”

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

1

49

AFTN

FVPTC

Majima, T., et al. [56]

2005

Papillary thyroid carcinoma without metastases manifesting as an autonomously functioning thyroid nodule.

Endocrine Journal

1

59

AFTN

PTC

Marcelino, M., et al. [28]

2014

Anaplastic carcinoma and toxic multinodular goiter: an unusual presentation

European Thyroid Journal

1

70

TMNG

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

Mircescu, H., et al. [35]

2000

Hyperfunctioning malignant thyroid nodule in an 11-year-old girl: pathologic and molecular studies.

Journal of Pediatrics

1

11

AFTN

PTC

Mirfakhraee, S., et al. [8]

2013

A solitary hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule harboring thyroid carcinoma: review of the literature

Thyroid research

1

29

AFTN

FTC

Nagai, G. R., et al.

1987

Scintigraphic hot nodules and thyroid carcinoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

3

  

2 FTC and 1 PTC

Nemec, J., et al. [57]

1980

Metastatic thyroid cancer with severe hyperthyroidism mimicking independent hyperfunctioning thyroid adenoma, showing transition to water-clear-tumour.

Endokrinologie

1

 

AFTN

FTC (metastatic)

Niepomniszcze, H., et al. [58]

2006

Follicular carcinoma presenting as autonomous functioning thyroid nodule and containing an activating mutation of the TSH receptor (T620I) and a mutation of the Ki-RAS (G12C) genes.

Thyroid

1

64

AFTN

FTC

Nishida, A. T., et al. [59]

2008

Multifocal hyperfunctioning thyroid carcinoma without metastases.

Auris, Nasus, Larynx

1

62

TMNG

PTC

Polyzos, S. A. and D. G. Goulis [30]

2011

Coincidental thyroid papillary microcarcinoma in a patient treated for a toxic adenoma of the thyroid.

Archives of Iranian Medicine

1

 

AFTN

PTC (microcarcinoma)

Rees, D. O., et al. [36]

2015

Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: an unusual cause of thyrotoxicosis.

BMJ Case Reports

1

16

AFTN

FVPTC

Rivas, I., et al. [29]

1995

Medullary thyroid carcinoma mimicking an autonomous functioning nodule

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

1

42

AFTN

MTC

Rubenfeld, S. and T. M. Wheeler

1988

Thyroid cancer presenting as a hot thyroid nodule: report of a case and review of the literature

Thyroidology

1

 

AFTN

 

Ruggeri, R. M., et al. [37]

2013

Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as toxic nodule in an adolescent: coexistent polymorphism of the TSHR and Gsalpha genes.

Thyroid

1

15

AFTN

FVPTC

Russo, D. et al. [70]

1997

Detection of an activating mutation of the thyrotropin receptor in a case of an autonomously hyperfunctioning thyroid insular carcinoma

JCEM

1

60

AFTN

Insular carcinoma

Russo, D. et al. [69]

1999

A Val 677 activating mutation of the thyrotropin receptor in a Hurthle cell thyroid carcinoma associated with thyrotoxicosis

Thyroid

1

42

AFTN

Hurthle cell carcinoma

Sablayrolles, B., et al.

1983

Thyroid carcinoma presenting as a hot nodule in a child

Archives Francaises De Pediatrie

1

   

Salih, A. M., et al.

2016

Hyperfunctioning papillary thyroid carcinoma: A case report with literature review.

nternational Journal of Surgery Case Reports

1

40

TMNG

PTC

Sandler, M. P., et al. [60]

1988

Thyroid carcinoma masquerading as a solitary benign hyperfunctioning nodule

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

1

 

AFTN

PTC

Sato, Y., et al.

1998

Hyperfunctioning thyroid adenoma concomitant with papillary thyroid carcinoma, follicular thyroid adenoma and primary hyperparathyroidism.

Endocrine Journal

1

67

TMNG

PTC

Schmidt, S., et al.

2016

Hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules (toxic adenoma)-underestimated risk of malignancy?

Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery

1

72

TMNG

PTC

Schneider, P. W., et al. [61]

2000

A clear cell variant of follicular carcinoma presenting as an autonomously functioning thyroid nodule.

Thyroid

1

 

AFTN

FTC

Sevinc, B., et al.

2018

Papillary thyroid carcinoma after radioactive iodine treatment for toxic thyroid nodule: Case report.

Marmara Medical Journal

1

55

AFTN

PTC

Siddiqui, A. R. and S. Karanauskas [38]

1995

Hurthle cell-carcinoma in an autonomous thyroid nodule in an adolescent

Pediatric Radiology

1

16

AFTN

Hurthle cell carcinoma

Simsek, E., et al.

2014

Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in an Autonomous Hyperfunctioning Thyroid Nodule in an Adolescent

Endocrine Reviews

1

 

AFTN

PTC (metastatic)

Sobel, R. J., et al.

1985

Papillary carcinoma and the solitary autonomously functioning nodule of the thyroid.

Israel Journal of Medical Sciences

3

 

AFTN

PTC

Stahl, A., et al. [62]

2002

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in a scintigraphically hot nodule: diagnosis and interdisciplinary therapeutical approach.

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

1

57

AFTN

Metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Tangari, A., et al. [31]

2011

Hot nodule harboring a papillary microcarcinoma in a girl from an iodine sufficient area.

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

1

3

AFTN

PTC (microcarcinoma)

Tfayli, H. M., et al. [39]

2010

Papillary thyroid carcinoma in an autonomous hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule: case report and review of the literature

Thyroid

1

11

AFTN

PTC

Uludag, M., et al.

2008

Autonomously functioning thyroid nodule treated with radioactive iodine and later diagnosed as papillary thyroid cancer.

Hormones

1

36

AFTN

PTC (columnar type)

Wong, C. P., et al. [63]

2003

Thyrotoxicosis: a rare presenting symptom of Hurthle cell carcinoma of the thyroid.

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

1

 

AFTN

Hurthle cell carcinoma