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Medullary thyroid carcinoma: relationship of method of diagnosis to pathologic staging.

Abstract：

:Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) develops in virtually all patients affected with multiple endocrine neoplasia type II (MEN II), a disease inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. The thyroid tumor cells secrete calcitonin (CT) and the detection of elevated plasma levels (>300 pg/ml) of this hormone in MEN II kindred members strongly suggests the presence of MTC even though it may not be evident clinically. Intravenously administered calcium ion (Ca(++)) and pentagastrin (Pg) are potent CT secretagogues which are of particular value in establishing the early diagnosis of MTC. In evaluating seven kindreds with MEN II, we detected 90 patients with MTC. Depending on the method of diagnosis, they could be divided into three categories: Group 1; patients with no clinical evidence of MTC whose undetectable basal plasma calcitonin levels became elevated following intravenous Ca(++) or Pg, Group II; patients with no clinical evidence of MTC who had elevated basal plasma CT levels, and Group III; patients with clinically evident MTC. At the time of diagnosis of MTC, the patients in Group I were younger (20.5 +/- 1.9 years) than the patients in Group II (32.5 +/- 4.7 years, p < 0.005) and Group III (34.3 +/- 2.0, p < 0.00005). The incidence of residual MTC, as indicated by an elevated plasma CT level following provocative testing postoperatively, was less frequent in patients diagnosed biochemically ([6/34]; Group I, 4/26 and Group II, 2/8) than in those diagnosed clinically (Group III, 15/26, p < 0.002). Furthermore, regional nodes were involved less often in patients diagnosed biochemically ([5/28]; Group I, 2/22 and Group II, 3/6) than in those diagnosed clinically (Group III, 15/24, p < 0.02). Distant metastases were only evident in Group III patients. Patients with MEN II who had the diagnosis of MTC established biochemically rather than clinically, had a more favorable pathological stage of disease at the time of thyroidectomy. This was especially true if the biochemical diagnosis had been by provocative testing.

journal_name

Ann Surg

journal_title

Annals of surgery

authors

Wells SA Jr,Baylin SB,Gann DS,Farrell RE,Dilley WG,Preissig SH,Linehan WM,Cooper CW

doi

10.1097/00000658-197809000-00013

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1978-09-01 00:00:00

pages

377-83

issue

eissn

0003-4932

issn

1528-1140

journal_volume

188

pub_type

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma: relationship of method of diagnosis to pathologic staging.