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CMAJ • April 15, 2003; 168 (8)
© 2003 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors

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Coexistence of subacute thyroiditis and renal cell carcinoma: a paraneoplastic syndrome

Ekrem Algün, Süleyman Alici, Cevat Topal, Serdar Ugras, Reha Erkoç, M. Emin Sakarya and Nese Özbey

From the Departments of Endocrinology (Algün, Topal), Medical Oncology (Alici), Pathology (Ugras), Nephrology (Erkoç) and Radiology (Sakarya), School of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey, and the Department of Endocrinology (Özbey), School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Correspondence to: Dr. Süleyman Alici, Yüzüncü Yil Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Arastirma Hastanesi Tibbi Onkoloji BD., Van, Turkey 65200; fax 90 432 2155051; suleymanalici{at}yahoo.com

RENAL CELL CARCINOMA IS CHARACTERIZED by varied manifestations, which include unusual metastatic sites and paraneoplastic and vascular syndromes. We describe the case of a 57-year-old man who presented with high fever, weight loss, palpitations and a tender goitre. We suggest that, in this patient, subacute thyroiditis manifested as a paraneoplastic syndrome of renal cell carcinoma.