A Case of Medullary Carcinoma of Thyroid

Autor:	M Alamgir Chowdhury, Afroza Suraiya Mazumder, Iqbal Hossen, Farid Hossain Chowdhury, SM Khorshed Alam Mazumder
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	General Medicine
Zdroj:	Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Journal. 12:104-106
ISSN:	2304-5701 2221-836X
Popis:	A 50-year-old diabetic female attended in September, 2021 with a huge swelling in front of her neck, respiratory distress, hoarseness of voice, & generalized weakness for 1 month. All the biochemical tests were inconclusive but S. calcitonin was high(>0.08ng/ml), Fiber optic laryngoscopy revealed left vocal cord paralysis, X-ray chest revealed right sided tracheal deviation, CT-scan of Neck revealed large solid mass in thyroid with mediastinal extension & cervical lymphadenopathy. Patient undergone total thyroidectomy. The specimen sent for histopathology and revealed medullary carcinoma of thyroid gland. AKMMC J 2021; 12(2): 104-106
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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