The association of differentiated thyroid cancer and a functioning nodule is very low. We report on a case of papillary carcinoma in an autonomously functioning thyroid nodule in a 39 year-old female patient. The nodule extended to the whole right lobe and 131I scintigraphy has detected a ”hot” nodule and a partial suppression of 131I uptake in the left lobe. Serum TSH levels (RIA) were undetectable (<1.0µUI/mL), but total T3 (190ng/dL) and T4 (8.5µg/dL) were normal. The patient underwent a […]