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ea0022p395 | Endocrine tumours &amp; neoplasia (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by Novartis</emphasis>) | ECE2010

Rare metastases localization in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC)

Lecomte Pierre , Guyetant Serge , Pierre Peggy , Murat Arnaud , Sagan Christine , Dravet Francois , Benchellal Ziev , de Calan Loic

Usual metastatic localizations in MTC are liver, bone and lung. We report two cases with metastases in pancreas and breast.In a 51-year-old woman were discovered several nodules in the thyroid gland: 29×19 mm in the right lobe and 5 mm in the left. Calcitonine (CT) levels were 2300 and ECA 44 ng/ml. Fine-needle aspiration of the main nodule confirmed MTC. Total thyroidectomy and right jugulo carotidal lymph node dissection were performed in 1998 wit...