Prevalence of C-cell hyperplasia and medullary thyroid carcinoma in a consecutive series of pheochromocytoma patients
✍ Scribed by Svante Jansson; Göran Hansson; Håkan Salander; Gunnar Stenström; Lars -Erik Tisell
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 810 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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Background. The diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) depends on the calcitonin immunohistochemistry. Familial MTC is associated with C-cell hyperplasia (CCH), whereas sporadic MTC is not. A specific and sensitive calcitonin immunohistochemistry is necessary for the diagnosis of MTC and CCH
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