Initial clinical presentation of single soft tissue metastasis of medullary thyroid carcinoma without primary tumor in the thyroid gland

Initial clinical presentation of single soft tissue metastasis of medullary thyroid carcinoma without primary tumor in the thyroid gland

Abstract Background Single soft tissue metastasis of medullary thyroid carcinoma is extremely rare. In addition, several occult medullary thyroid carcinomas with distant metastasis were reported, but undetectable primary lesion at diagnosis was also extremely rare. Case presentation A 74-year-old ma...

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Main Authors: Masanori Okamoto, Akira Takazawa, Kaoru Aoki, Yasuo Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Kato, Toshiaki Otsuki, Kazuma Maeno, Tomonobu Koizumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Primary unknown origin
Calcitonin
TTF-1
Soft tissue metastasis
CEA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-017-1293-2

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