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CT scanning as an adjunct to screening for medullary carcinoma of the thyroid
C W Heron1, B A Ponder, I D Hunter-Craig
1Cancer Research Campaign Radiology Research Group, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey.
Clinical Radiology
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
CT scanning of the thyroid following oral administration of potassium iodate was performed on two sisters in whom raised calcitonin levels had been found at a pentagastrin stimulation test undertaken to screen for medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. Three histologically proven, clinically occult C-cell carcinomas measuring 2 mm or less were detected by CT scanning. This technique may be useful prior to surgery in patients in whom medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is suspected but not proven.