familial papillary or follicular thyroid carcinoma
Findings
No curated finding names familial papillary or follicular thyroid carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A papillary or follicular thyroid gland carcinoma with a genetic component that develops within the same family. Current studies suggest that it is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. It is often multifocal and bilateral and usually affects younger patients.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0017895), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
15 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal neck blood vessel morphologyHPOHP:3000037
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Follicular thyroid carcinomaHPOHP:0006731
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Neoplasm of head and neckHPOHP:0012288
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Nodular goiterHPOHP:0005994
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal lymph node morphologyHPOHP:0002733
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Chronic noninfectious lymphadenopathyHPOHP:0002730
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- GoiterHPOHP:0000853
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Bone painHPOHP:0002653
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Chronic lung diseaseHPOHP:0006528
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Colon cancerHPOHP:0003003
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- PainHPOHP:0012531
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Papillary renal cell carcinomaHPOHP:0006766
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Show the remaining 3
- Papillary thyroid carcinomaHPOHP:0002895
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Recurrent fracturesHPOHP:0002757
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Spinal cord compressionHPOHP:0002176
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: familial papillary or follicular thyroid carcinoma
- Also called
- familial nonmedullary thyroid gland carcinomafamilial pure nonmedullary thyroid carcinomaFNMTC