Occult Primary Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting with Pituitary and Parotid Metastases: Case Report and Review of the Literature

[1] Wells SA(2000)Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland World J Surg 24 952-956

[2] Franz C(1996)The relationship between specific RET proto-oncogene mutations and disease phenotype in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 JAMA 276 1575-1579

[3] Eng C(2004)Medullary thyroid carcinoma Clin Endocrinol 61 299-310

[4] Clayton D(2007)Medullary thyroid cancer: a retrospective analysis of a cohort treated at a single tertiary care center between 1970 and 2005 Thyroid 17 549-556

[5] Schuffenecker I(2003)Rationale for central and bilateral lymph node dissection in sporadic and hereditary medullary thyroid cancer J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88 2070-2075

[6] Leboulleux S(1999)Patterns of nodal metastases in palpable medullary thyroid carcinoma: recommendations for extent of node dissection Ann Surg 229 880-888

[7] Baudin E(1984)Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. A study of the clinical features and prognostic factors in 161 patients Medicine (Baltimore) 63 319-42

[8] Travagli JP(2007)Increased risk of lymph node metastasis in multifocal hereditary and sporadic medullary thyroid cancer World J Surg 31 1960-1965

[9] Schlumberger M(2005)Medullary thyroid carcinoma: including MEN2A and 2B syndromes J Surg Oncol 89 122-129

[10] Grozinsky-Glasberg S(2010)The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Consensus Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors: pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma, and medullary thyroid cancer Pancreas 39 775-783

[1] Wells SA(2000)Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland World J Surg 24 952-956

[2] Franz C(1996)The relationship between specific RET proto-oncogene mutations and disease phenotype in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 JAMA 276 1575-1579

[3] Eng C(2004)Medullary thyroid carcinoma Clin Endocrinol 61 299-310

[4] Clayton D(2007)Medullary thyroid cancer: a retrospective analysis of a cohort treated at a single tertiary care center between 1970 and 2005 Thyroid 17 549-556

[5] Schuffenecker I(2003)Rationale for central and bilateral lymph node dissection in sporadic and hereditary medullary thyroid cancer J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88 2070-2075

[6] Leboulleux S(1999)Patterns of nodal metastases in palpable medullary thyroid carcinoma: recommendations for extent of node dissection Ann Surg 229 880-888

[7] Baudin E(1984)Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. A study of the clinical features and prognostic factors in 161 patients Medicine (Baltimore) 63 319-42

[8] Travagli JP(2007)Increased risk of lymph node metastasis in multifocal hereditary and sporadic medullary thyroid cancer World J Surg 31 1960-1965

[9] Schlumberger M(2005)Medullary thyroid carcinoma: including MEN2A and 2B syndromes J Surg Oncol 89 122-129

[10] Grozinsky-Glasberg S(2010)The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Consensus Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors: pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma, and medullary thyroid cancer Pancreas 39 775-783