Papillary thyroid carcinoma and primary aldosteronism: A new syndrome or a mere association?

Table 1 presents case reports on the possible association between papillary thyroid carcinoma and internal jugular vein invasion

Ref.	Age	Gender	Time of diagnosis	Method of diagnosis	Outcome
Onaran et al[30], 1998	48	Female	Preoperative	Doppler US	Not reported
Ingle et al[31], 2004	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	SVC syndrome
Agrawal et al[32], 2009	48	Male	Postoperative	Enhanced CT	Not reported
Fotis et al[33], 2009	49	Female	Intraoperative	Not reported	SVC syndrome
Mugunthan et al[34], 2010	51	Female	Postoperative	Enhanced CT	Not reported
Kobayashi et al[35], 2011	69	Female	Preoperative	Duppler US	Not reported
Kobayashi et al[35], 2011	77	Male	Preoperative	Duppler US	Not reported
Babu et al[36], 2012	68	Female	Preoperative	Enhanced CT	Not reported
Ataiekhorasgani et al[37], 2014	75	Female	Preoperative	Enhanced CT	Not reported
Al-Jarrah et al[38], 2014	62	Female	Intraoperative	Not reported	Not reported
Dikici et al[39], 2015	52	Female	Postoperative	Not reported	Not reported
Jain et al[40], 2019	44	Female	Postoperative	Not reported	Not reported
Rampelly et al[41], 2022	50	Male	Preoperative	Doppler US, CT	Not reported
Sezer et al[42], 2021	63	Male	Postoperative	Neck MRI	Not reported
Liu et al[43], 2023	61	Female	Preoperative	Doppler US, CT	Lung metastasis
Im et al[44], 2023	53	Female	Preoperative	Doppler US, CT	Pulmonary metastasis
Adnan et al[45], 2025	56	Male	Preoperative	Doppler US, CT	Pulmonary metastasis

Doppler US: Doppler ultrasound; CT: Computed tomography; SVC syndrome: Superior vena cava syndrome; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.