Simultaneous occurrence of medullary and papillary thyroid microcarcinomas: A case series and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Adnan, Zaina ^a   Arad, Eldad ^a   Dana, James ^b   Shendler, Yaakov ^c   Baron, Elzbieta ^a  

^a Zvulun Medical Center Clalit Medical Services   (Israel)

^b CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcitonin RET proto oncogene; Medullary thyroid carcinoma; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCRINOLOGIST; ETHNICITY; EXON; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84872415216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-7-26     Document Type: Article

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