MEDULLARY
THYROID CANCER – EXTENΤ OF THYROIDECTOMY
Total thyroidectomy
is the procedure of choice in the management of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC).
Less extensive types of thyroidectomy (such as lobectomy with isthmusectomy) should
be avoided because up to 10 % of patients with sporadic MTC and all patients
with inherited MTC have bilateral or multifocal disease. C-cell hyperplasia (CCH)
is also present in all patients with inherited MTC (CCH is a premalignant
lesion in these patients).
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