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Diagnostic and surgical dilemmas in hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma.

The Laryngoscope - 1 Jul 2009

Allen Shawn M, Bodenner Donald, Suen James Y, Richter Gresham T

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare malignancy arising from the parafollicular C cells within the thyroid gland. The majority of cases are sporadic, but at least 30% are hereditary in nature. Inherited forms of MTC occur as familial MTC or as a manifestation of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2. Early diagnosis and aggressive surgical management, including prophylactic thyroidectomy, improve the...

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PMID: 19444888
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20299

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