To screen or not to screen for medullary thyroid cancer? This is (yet) the question. An illustrative case.

To screen or not to screen for medullary thyroid cancer? This is (yet) the question. An illustrative case.

Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare disease, often displaying an aggressive behavior and a poor prognosis. Serum calcitonin represents the most sensitive marker of MTC and its routine measurement in patients with thyroid nodules allows early detection of occult MTC and appropriate surgical cure...

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Main Authors: Rosaria Ruggeri, Luca Giovannella, Francesco Trimarchi, Alfredo Campennì
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti 2018-12-01
Series:Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche
Subjects:
medullary thyroid cancer
calcitonin- thyroid nodules
Online Access:http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/APMB/article/view/2014
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spelling doaj-86427e05163349a088f93b14de99a8f52020-11-25T02:17:20ZengAccademia Peloritana dei PericolantiAtti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche0365-02941828-65502018-12-0110621559To screen or not to screen for medullary thyroid cancer? This is (yet) the question. An illustrative case.Rosaria Ruggeri0Luca Giovannella1Francesco Trimarchi2Alfredo Campennì3Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of MessinaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Thyroid Centre, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, BellinzonaAccademia Peloritanadei Pericolanti, at the University of Messina, MessinaDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences, and Morpho-Functional Images, Unit of Nuclear Medicine, University of Messina, MessinaMedullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare disease, often displaying an aggressive behavior and a poor prognosis. Serum calcitonin represents the most sensitive marker of MTC and its routine measurement in patients with thyroid nodules allows early detection of occult MTC and appropriate surgical cure.Here we report on a 55-yr-old woman with a long-standing goiter, autonomously functioning thyroid nodules and subclinical thyrotoxicosis, who was diagnosed with MTC at an early stage by means of calcitoninscreening. This rare case highlights the importance of performing routine calcitonin measurementin thyroid nodules.http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/APMB/article/view/2014medullary thyroid cancercalcitonin- thyroid nodules
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author Rosaria Ruggeri
Luca Giovannella
Francesco Trimarchi
Alfredo Campennì
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Luca Giovannella
Francesco Trimarchi
Alfredo Campennì
To screen or not to screen for medullary thyroid cancer? This is (yet) the question. An illustrative case.
Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche
medullary thyroid cancer
calcitonin- thyroid nodules
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Luca Giovannella
Francesco Trimarchi
Alfredo Campennì
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title To screen or not to screen for medullary thyroid cancer? This is (yet) the question. An illustrative case.
title_short To screen or not to screen for medullary thyroid cancer? This is (yet) the question. An illustrative case.
title_full To screen or not to screen for medullary thyroid cancer? This is (yet) the question. An illustrative case.
title_fullStr To screen or not to screen for medullary thyroid cancer? This is (yet) the question. An illustrative case.
title_full_unstemmed To screen or not to screen for medullary thyroid cancer? This is (yet) the question. An illustrative case.
title_sort to screen or not to screen for medullary thyroid cancer? this is (yet) the question. an illustrative case.
publisher Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti
series Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche
issn 0365-0294
1828-6550
publishDate 2018-12-01
description Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare disease, often displaying an aggressive behavior and a poor prognosis. Serum calcitonin represents the most sensitive marker of MTC and its routine measurement in patients with thyroid nodules allows early detection of occult MTC and appropriate surgical cure.Here we report on a 55-yr-old woman with a long-standing goiter, autonomously functioning thyroid nodules and subclinical thyrotoxicosis, who was diagnosed with MTC at an early stage by means of calcitoninscreening. This rare case highlights the importance of performing routine calcitonin measurementin thyroid nodules.
topic medullary thyroid cancer
calcitonin- thyroid nodules
url http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/APMB/article/view/2014
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