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Mixed medullary-papillary carcinoma of the thyroid: report of two cases and review of the literature.
Indian journal of pathology & microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Gurkan Eren, Gurbuz Yesim, Tarkun Ilhan, Canturk Zeynep, Cetinarslan Berrin
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Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) are two distinct types of thyroid carcinoma with considerable difference in terms of cellular origin, histopathological appearance, clinical course and prevalence. The histogenetic origin and possible molecular mechanisms responsible for the development of mixed medullary-papillary carcinoma of the thyroid are still unclear. The most widely...
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