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Thyroid carcinoma in Pakistan: a retrospective review of 998 cases from an academic referral center

Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy, 2009
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To address the need for epidemiologic data on thyroid carcinoma in Pakistan, we evaluated the frequency and types of thyroid carcinoma with respect to age and sex.
Uzma Bukhari, Saleem Sadiq, Jawaid Memon, Farooq Baig   +3 more
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Cancer Risk in Marfan Syndrome: A Swedish Population‐Based Cohort Study

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
The cancer risk in Marfan syndrome, an autosomal dominant connective tissue disorder, largely remains to be explored. In this population‐based matched cohort study of 1544 Swedish patients, the overall cancer risk in adults with Marfan syndrome showed no significant increase, except for the risk of endocrine tumours with a nearly threefold increase ...
Ida Nordgren, Anna Skarin Nordenvall, Alexandra Wachtmeister, Fulya Taylan, Yunxia Lu, Christina Norrby, Anna Lindstrand, Giedre Grigelioniene, Giorgio Tettamanti   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Melanotic medullary carcinoma of thyroid – report of a rare case with brief review of literature

Diagnostic Pathology, 2008
Background Melanin production in medullary carcinoma is extremely uncommon. Case presentation We report a rare variant of medullary carcinoma of thyroid with melanin production in a 52-year-old woman who presented with swelling in the thyroid of 3 months
Jain Deepali, Sharma Mehar C, Singh Kamaljeet, Kumar Rajinder   +3 more
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Histopathological and immunohistochemical features of thyroid carcinoma [PDF]

Archive of Oncology, 2003
Thyroid-specific malignant tumors are derived from follicle cells (papillary and follicular carcinoma), and from parafollicular, calcitonin-producing C-cells (medullary carcinoma). The main criterion for diagnosis of papillary carcinoma is the occurrence
Tatić Svetislav B.
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Shear wave elastography in medullary thyroid carcinoma diagnostics

, 2015
Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a modern method for the assessment of tissue stiffness. There has been a growing interest in the use of this technique for characterizing thyroid focal lesions, including preoperative diagnostics.
Katarzyna Dobruch-Sobczak, Wiesław Jakubowski, Migda, Bartosz, Dedecjus, Marek, Anna Gumińska, Mlosek, Krzysztof, Rafał Z. Słapa, Agnieszka Ziemiecka, Słapa, Rafał Z., Krauze, Agnieszka, Krzysztof Mlosek, Elwira Bakuła-Zalewska, Agnieszka Krauze, Paweł Wareluk, Bartosz Migda, Dobruch-Sobczak, Katarzyna, Wareluk, Paweł, Marek Dedecjus, Gumińska, Anna, Ziemiecka, Agnieszka, Jakubowski, Wiesław, Bakuła-Zalewska, Elwira   +21 more
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The 9th Edition of the UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours: Updates and Rationale for Change

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The standard for assessing and recording the extent of the tumour, a necessity for most malignancies, is the Tumour Node Metastases (TNM) classification. The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) TNM committee has defined this since the early 1950s.
James D. Brierley, Liesbet J. Van Eycken, Meredith E. Giuliani, Brian A. Rous, Shao Hui Huang, Hisao Asamura, Mary K. Gospodarowicz, Anne W. Lee, Brian O'Sullivan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simultaneous Medullary and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Lymph Node Metastasis in the Same Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2005
We report a rare case of simultaneous medullary thyroid carcinoma on the left thyroid lobe with lymph node metastasis and papillary thyroid cancer on the right thyroid lobe.
Nidal Younes
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Initial clinical presentation of single soft tissue metastasis of medullary thyroid carcinoma without primary tumor in the thyroid gland

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2017
Background Single soft tissue metastasis of medullary thyroid carcinoma is extremely rare. In addition, several occult medullary thyroid carcinomas with distant metastasis were reported, but undetectable primary lesion at diagnosis was also extremely ...
Masanori Okamoto, Akira Takazawa, Kaoru Aoki, Yasuo Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Kato, Toshiaki Otsuki, Kazuma Maeno, Tomonobu Koizumi   +7 more
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Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Thymoma is the most common tumor of the anterior mediastinum. Approximately 20%–30% of patients with a thymoma develop myasthenia gravis (MG), and an additional one third may possess positive acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies without MG.
Benjamin Claytor, Lukas Delasos, Daniel P. Raymond, Erik Seroogy, Jason Lempel, Yuebing Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Educational Case: Endocrine Neoplasm

Academic Pathology, 2018
Medullary thyroid cancer is a rare neuroendocrine tumor that arises the neural crest-derived parafollicular C cells and accounts for approximately 5% to 10% of thyroid cancers worldwide.
Sheila Segura MD, Gloria Ramos-Rivera MD, Mark Suhrland MD   +2 more
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