title: [Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. Clinical case].
abstract: A 13 year old girl presented with a thyroid nodule and enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Symptoms endocrine dysfunction were absent. The patient was submitted to complete thyroidectomy and modified cervical lymph node dissection. Diagnosis of medullary carcinoma was confirmed through both optical and electron microscopy. At 30 months of follow up no evidence of local or distant recurrence was observed.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goldsack
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Norambuena
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
vernacular_title: Carcinoma medular de tiroides. Caso clinico.