Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: An Update on Imaging

Autor: Sergiy V. Kushchayev, Yevgeniya S. Kushchayeva, Sri Harsha Tella, Tetiana Glushko, Karel Pacak, Oleg M. Teytelboym
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Thyroid Research, Vol 2019 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-8067
2042-0072
DOI: 10.1155/2019/1893047
Popis: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), arising from the parafollicular C cells of the thyroid, accounts for 1–2% of thyroid cancers. MTC is frequently aggressive and metastasizes to cervical and mediastinal lymph nodes, lungs, liver, and bones. Although a number of new imaging modalities for directing the management of oncologic patients evolved over the last two decades, the clinical application of these novel techniques is limited in MTC. In this article, we review the biology and molecular aspects of MTC as an important background for the use of current imaging modalities and approaches for this tumor. We discuss the modern and currently available imaging techniques—advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based techniques such as whole-body MRI, dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) technique, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with 18F-FDOPA and 18F-FDG, and integrated positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance (PET/MR) hybrid imaging—for primary as well as metastatic MTC tumor, including its metastatic spread to lymph nodes and the most common sites of distant metastases: lungs, liver, and bones.
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