Medullary thyroid carcinoma accounts for 10% of thyroid malignancies. Accurate
determination of the extent of disease is important because surgery is required for initial …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Studies were performed on four patients with MTC (two un
treated and two postoperative), ten untreated patients with pa pillary or follicular …

Light microscopy is usually considered sufficient for the diagnosis of medullary carcinoma of
the thyroid (MCT). As stromal amyloid is not always present and the tumor may exhibit great …

Objectives To evaluate the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging in detecting primary
medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and regional metastasis to the lymph nodes, and to …

Background Complete initial tumor resection is a key prognostic factor in patients with
medullary thyroid carcinomas (MTCs), hence precise preoperative diagnosis is very …

I-MIBG and 99 Tc m (V)-DMSA have been recently proposed as scintigraphic markers of the
medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Thirty two patients were examined with 131 I-or 123 I …

Early diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) can improve long-term prognosis.
MTC can be detected at an early stage by calcitonin screening in all patients with thyroid …

MATERIALSAND METhODS Ten patients (6 women, 4 men; age 21— 76yr; mean age 51
yr) with either sporadic or inherited MTC were studied. All patients underwent total …

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) develops in virtually all patients affected with multiple
endocrine neoplasia type II (MEN II), a disease inherited as an autosomal dominant trait …

Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MCT) presents a varied but characteristic cytologic
pattern in cellular samples obtained by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy. In our …