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Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma associated with cutaneous lichen amyloidosis.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jun 2009
Rothberg Amy E, Raymond Victoria M, Gruber Stephen B, Sisson James
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: This is a report of a patient with a novel genotype-phenotype relationship of a c804 mutation of the RET proto-oncogene manifesting as medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and cutaneous lichen amyloidosis (CLA). SUMMARY: Clinical data were obtained for patient appearance and laboratory results. Analyzed were histopathology of the skin lesion and thyroid gland, genetic mutation, and family pedigree. Skin...
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