Medullary thyroid carcinoma is an aggressive tumor and presents with significant morbidity and mortality and a high rate of lymph node metastases. The combination of total thyroidectomy and cervical lymphadenectomy is the essential treatment for those patients presenting with cervical lymph node metastases.
Timing and extension of lymphadenectomy in medullary thyroid carcinoma: A case series from a single institution / Polistena, Andrea; Sanguinetti, Alessandro; Lucchini, Roberta; Galasse, Sergio; Monacelli, Massimo; Avenia, Stefano; Boccolini, Andrea; Johnson, Louis Banka; Avenia, Nicola. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY. - ISSN 1743-9191. - 41:Suppl. 1(2017), pp. 70-74. [10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.04.026]
Timing and extension of lymphadenectomy in medullary thyroid carcinoma: A case series from a single institution
Polistena, Andrea;
2017
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Medullary thyroid carcinoma is an aggressive tumor and presents with significant morbidity and mortality and a high rate of lymph node metastases. The combination of total thyroidectomy and cervical lymphadenectomy is the essential treatment for those patients presenting with cervical lymph node metastases.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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