Article
C-cell hyperplasia and medullary thyroid carcinoma in patients routinely screened for serum calcitonin.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Jun 1998
Kaserer K, Scheuba C, Neuhold N, Weinhäusel A, Vierhapper H, Haas O A, Niederle B
Abstract excerpt
Routine screening of calcitonin serum levels in patients with nodular thyroid disorders has led to an increased rate of total thyroidectomies. We investigated prevalence and interrelationship of C-cell hyperplasia (CCH) and medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in patients with thyroid and parathyroi...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Calcitonin
- Carcinoma, Medullary
- Drosophila Proteins
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperplasia
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Pentagastrin
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Thyroid Neoplasms