title: [Spindle-cell variant of thyroid medullary carcinoma with favourable prognosis].
abstract: A case of a favourable outcome of spindle-cell medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is reported. Electron-microscopically, there was no correlation between histological and ultrastructural differentiation. The tumor consisted mainly of ultrastructurally differentiated cells with endocrine granules which may be the cause of the favourable prognosis.
authors.affiliation: N. N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Moscow.
authors.forename: I Zh
authors.initials: IZh
authors.lastname: Satylganov
mesh_terms: D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D048429:Cell Size; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery