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C-cell hyperplasia developing in residua

C-cell hyperplasia developing in residual thyroid following resection for sporadic medullary carcinoma

✍ Thomas M. Ulbright; Frederick T. Kraus; Lawrence W. O'Neal 📂 Article 📅 1981 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 491 KB

Four years following resection of a medullary carcinoma of the thyroid, a 49-year-old man experienced elevated serum calcitonin levels. There was no evidence of metastasis. A re-exploration of the patient's neck demonstrated a histologically normal thyroid remnant that demonstrated C-cell hyperplasi