title: Medullary thyroid carcinoma: a rare presentation as a hypervascular tumour.
abstract: Sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) usually presents with a thyroid mass, cervical lymphadenopathy or other local cervical symptoms. Often the diagnosis is unsuspected pre-operatively. We report a unique case of a mixed follicular medullary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a tumour with extreme vascularity. The management of hypervascular thyroid tumours is discussed together with current controversies regarding persistent hypercalcitoninaemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Crawley Hospital, West Sussex, UK.
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tomlinson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bryson
authors.forename: N F G
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000097:blood / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000098:blood supply; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002116:Calcitonin