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Occurrence of sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma in Graves' disease in association with a RET proto-oncogene mutation.
Acta clinica Belgica - 1 Jun 2022
Donckier Julian E, Fervaille Caroline, Bertrand Claude
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BACKGROUND: Graves' disease may be associated with thyroid cancer, particularly differentiated thyroid cancer. Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is less common. The occurrence of sporadic MTC in Graves' disease in the presence of a RET proto-oncogene has never been reported. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 63-year-old woman was referred for Graves' disease. A thyroid ultrasound disclosed five nodules, one of which was...
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