Medullary thyroid cancer differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

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Differentiating Medullary thyroid cancer from other Diseases

• • Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.
  • Papillary thyroid carcinoma.
  • Hurthle cell carcinoma
  • Paraganglioma - Negative for keratin, calcitonin and CEA
  • Carcinoid - Negative for calcitonin
  • Metastatic Melanoma