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. 2018 Jun 5;7(3):155–161. doi: 10.1159/000488706

Table 1.

Overview of the current literature on NF1 with concurrent thyroid disease

Study Subjects (n = 1) Methods Outcome
Gorgel et al. [11] NF1 + GIST + pheochromocytoma Thryoid US Fine needle aspiration biopsy Multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma Cervical lymph node metastases

Kim et al. [12] NF1 Thyroid US
FNA biopsy
Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Koksal et al. [13] NF 1 Thyroid US
Total thyroidectomy
Follicular papillary thyroid carcinoma Neurofibroma

Gkaliagkhousi et al. [14] NF1 + pheochromocytoma Investigation for other pheochromocytoma-related syndromes Hyperparathyroidism
Medullary thyroid cancer (MEN 2A)
Germline mutation for NF1 but not RET

Hashiba et al. [15] NF1 + papillary thyroid cancer + pheochromocytoma Head CT + MRI + angiography Histologic examination Skull metastasis from papillary thyroid cancer

Yoshida et al. [16] NF1 + lung metastasis of malignant schwannoma Autopsy Carcinoid tumor in duodenum
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Diffuse adrenal medullary hyperplasia

Faraz et al. [17] NF1 Laboratory investigation Autoimmune hypothyroidism

Nabi et al. [18] NF1 Thyroid US
FNA
Laboratory investigation
Hashimoto thyroiditis

Nanda [19] NF1 - Autoimmune thyroiditis

Bolko et al. [20] NF1 + Noonan Laboratory investigation
Thyroid US
Radioisotope scan
Thyroid iodine uptake
Graves disease

NF1, neurofibromatosis type 1; US, ultrasonography; CT, computed tomography.