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A primary, lateral-cervical medullary thyroid carcinoma: a case report.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 1996
Santini L, Scurini C, Caracò C, Conzo G, Orabona P, De Rosa G, Fattoruso O, Colantuoni V
Abstract excerpt
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) arises from the parafollicular cells of the thyroid and occurs in a sporadic or in an inherited form. We present a case of an aberrant MTC in a patient with a functioning thyroid gland. At surgical dissection, the thyroid was present in its anatomical site with a nodule in the upper one third of the right lobe. A mass was also found in a lateral-cervical position distinct from...
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