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American Journal of Otolaryngology, 1993 Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) comprises approximately 1–2% of thyroid malignancies and occurs in sporadic and heritable forms. Hereditary forms include multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2A, familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC), and MEN type 2B.
Y L, Colson, S E, Carty
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Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2013 Coexistence of medullary thyroid carcinoma and primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is well described, however, the association of non-medullary thyroid cancer and PHPT is less recognized.
Mehmet Aşık +5 more
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Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, 2020 Purpose: To explore the clinical value of ultrasound in the diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma by comparing with enhanced computed tomography. Methods: This retrospective study was performed on 62 patients with pathologically confirmed medullary ...
Liang Wang MD +5 more
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Calcitonin negative Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: a challenging diagnosis or a medical dilemma?
BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2019 Background Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a neuroendocrine tumor belonging form a malignant growth of the thyroid parafollicular C-cells, representing from 1 to 10% of all thyroid cancer.
Claudio Gambardella +12 more
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Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2014 Mixed medullary and follicular or papillary carcinoma of thyroid is an extremely rare tumor, characterized by coexistence of morphological and immunohistochemical features of both medullary carcinoma and follicular (or papillary) carcinoma.
Doina Piciu, Andra Piciu
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RET codon 609 mutations: a contribution for better clinical managing
Clinics, 2012 Medullary thyroid carcinoma currently accounts for 5-8% of all thyroid cancers. The clinical course of this disease varies from extremely indolent tumors that can go unchanged for years to an extremely aggressive variant that is associated with a high ...
Caterina Mian +4 more
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Endocrine Connections, 2021 Calcitonin-secreting neuroendocrine neoplasms of the lung are rare, with few cases reported in the literature. Differentiating between medullary th yroid carcinoma and an ectopic source of calcitonin secretion can represent a complex diagnostic conundrum
David C Llewellyn +8 more
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Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid
Journal of British Surgery, 1969 A clinical study was conducted using histological slides of all cases diagnosed as carcinoma of the thyroid in the United Birmingham (England) Hospitals since 1940 and in the Regional Histological Collection from 1953-67. A total of 23 patients or 8% were found to have medullary carcinonma.
C R, Williams, D B, Brewer
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BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2019 Background Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a malignant uncommon and aggressive tumour of the parafollicular C cells. In about 75% of cases it is sporadic while, in case of RET mutation, it is associated to multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (25% of cases)
Claudio Gambardella +11 more
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A Diagnostic Dilemma: A Young Boy with Loss of Weight, Pulmonary Infiltrates and Cervical Lymphadenitis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013 Cervical lymphadenitis is a common finding in young adults in a country like India, where tuberculosis is endemic. We are presenting the case of a young boy who presented with low grade fever, dry cough, weight loss, and a cervical swelling. His chest X-
Asmita A. Mehta +2 more
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