Hepatic metastases from medullary thyroid carcinoma appearing twelve years after the eradication of primitive tumor: cytological and radiological aspects.
We report on radiological and cytological findings from a case of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) metastatizing to the liver 12 yr after the eradication of the primary neoplasm. This behavior has never before been described in a sporadic form of MTC.
Pathology Unit, L. Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Italy. ap5sacco@imiucca.csi.unimi.it
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D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography