Pediatric thyroid disease: when is surgery necessary, and who should be operating on our children? [PDF]
, 2013 Surgical diseases of the thyroid in the pediatric population represent a diverse set of both benign and malignant conditions. Overall, incidence is rare.
Breuer, Christopher +3 more
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Hypercalcitoninemia is not pathognomonic of medullary thyroid carcinoma
Clinics, 2009 Hypercalcitoninemia has frequently been reported as a marker for medullary thyroid carcinoma. Currently, calcitonin measurements are mostly useful in the evaluation of tumor size and progression, and as an index of biochemical improvement of medullary ...
Sergio PA Toledo +5 more
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Mutational Analysis in Pediatric Thyroid Cancer and Correlations with Age, Ethnicity, and Clinical Presentation. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundWell-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) incidence in pediatrics is rising, most being papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of different mutations in pediatric WDTC and correlate the ...
Cheng, Shih-Min +9 more
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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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Mutations of the ret protooncogene in German multiple endocrine neoplasia families: Relation between genotype and phenotype. [PDF]
, 1996 It has been suggested that not only the position but also the nature of the mutations of the ret protooncogene strongly correlate with the clinical manifestation of the multiple endocrine neoplasm type 2 (MEN 2) syndrome.
Deckart, H. F. +15 more
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Metachronous Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in a Case of Medullary Carcinoma Thyroid [PDF]
Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2016 Medullary carcinoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma arise from the different cells. Simultaneous occurrence of both types is rare. Medullary carcinomas are characterised by calcitonin positivity.
Neelam Sood, Binit Kumar Khandelia
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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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IGF-I influences everolimus activity in medullary thyroid carcinoma [PDF]
, 2015 Context: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare tumor originating from thyroid parafollicular C cells. It has been previously demonstrated that insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) protects MTC from the effects of antiproliferative drugs. Everolimus,
degli Uberti, Ettore C. +9 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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Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for differentiation of thyroid nodules [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI)-imaging is an ultrasound-based elastography method enabling quantitative measurement of tissue stiffness.
Berner, Christian +9 more
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