Medullary thyroid cancer in a 9-week-old infant with familial MEN 2B: Implications for timing of prophylactic thyroidectomy

BACKGROUND: Patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) are at high risk of developing aggressive medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in childhood, with the highest risk in those with MEN type 2B (of whom >95% have an M918T RET proto-oncogene mutation). Metastatic MTC has been reporte...

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Autores principales: Shankar, Roopa Kanakatti, Rutter, Michael J, Chernausek, Steven D, Samuels, Paul J, Mo, Jun Qin, Rutter, Meilan M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22992277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-9856-2012-25

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22992277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-9856-2012-25

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