title: [Medullar carcinoma of the thyroid gland: surgical treatment of mediastinal metastases].
abstract: Metastatic medullary carcinoma is related to very bad prognosis. Surgery, associated or not to radiotherapy, may be effective in controlling metastasis due to local invasion, as in mediastinal extension. We present a case of medullary carcinoma with mediastinal disease that was treated through mediastinal dissection following by complimentary radiotherapy. After three years of follow-up, the patient remains free of recurrence, although calcitonin levels have not become normal yet.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Otorrinolaringología, Fundación Hospital Alcorcón. gplaza@fhalcorcon.es
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Plaza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Argüelles
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Donnay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferrando
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Criado
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de los Santos
mesh_terms: D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Carcinoma medular de tiroides: tratamiento quirúrgico de metástasis mediastínica.