Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma in Graves’ Disease
Author(s) -
Kristina Semeniene,
Albertas Daukša,
Jurgita Makštienė,
Valdas Šarauskas,
Džilda Veličkienė
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta endocrinologica (bucharest)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1843-066X
pISSN - 1841-0987
DOI - 10.4183/aeb.2022.368
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid carcinoma , thyroid , thyroid nodules , thyroidectomy , neck dissection , lymph node , radiology , pathology , nodule (geology) , dissection (medical) , biopsy , medullary cavity , concomitant , carcinoma , paleontology , biology
Graves' disease (GD) and concomitant thyroid nodules can be found in up to 44% of all cases, of which up to 17% are determined as malignant tumors. Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) seems to be found extremely rarely, which causes belated diagnosis.
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