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Medullary thyroid carcinoma: a rare presentation as a hypervascular tumour
W Y Li1, M A Tomlinson, J M Bryson
1Department of General Surgery, Crawley Hospital, West Sussex, UK.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|October 23, 2002
Abstract:
Sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) usually presents with a thyroid mass, cervical lymphadenopathy or other local cervical symptoms. Often the diagnosis is unsuspected pre-operatively. We report a unique case of a mixed follicular medullary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a tumour with extreme vascularity. The management of hypervascular thyroid tumours is discussed together with current controversies regarding persistent hypercalcitoninaemia.