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thyroid medullary carcinoma

medullary thyroid cancer, medullary thyroid carcinoma

Allelotype

- NF2 (75%) (14707871)
- l-myc (44%) (14707871)
- p53 (44%) (14707871)

Predisposition

- multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)
- Cowden disease (17603316)

References

- Albores-Saavedra J, LiVolsi VA, Williams ED. Medullary carcinoma. Semin Diagn Pathol. 1985 May;2(2):137-46. PMID: 3843691