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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Ultrasound== | ==Ultrasound== | ||
===Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma=== | |||
* Punctate high echogenic foci resembling calcification may be seen both within the primary thyroid lesion as well as metastatic regional lymph nodes and distant metastatic sites. Involved lymph nodes typically calcify.<ref name="pmid3538147">{{cite journal| author=Gorman B, Charboneau JW, James EM, Reading CC, Wold LE, Grant CS et al.| title=Medullary thyroid carcinoma: role of high-resolution US. | journal=Radiology | year= 1987 | volume= 162 | issue= 1 Pt 1 | pages= 147-50 | pmid=3538147 | doi=10.1148/radiology.162.1.3538147 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3538147 }} </ref> | * Punctate high echogenic foci resembling calcification may be seen both within the primary thyroid lesion as well as metastatic regional lymph nodes and distant metastatic sites. Involved lymph nodes typically calcify.<ref name="pmid3538147">{{cite journal| author=Gorman B, Charboneau JW, James EM, Reading CC, Wold LE, Grant CS et al.| title=Medullary thyroid carcinoma: role of high-resolution US. | journal=Radiology | year= 1987 | volume= 162 | issue= 1 Pt 1 | pages= 147-50 | pmid=3538147 | doi=10.1148/radiology.162.1.3538147 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3538147 }} </ref> | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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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]
Overview
Ultrasound
Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
- Punctate high echogenic foci resembling calcification may be seen both within the primary thyroid lesion as well as metastatic regional lymph nodes and distant metastatic sites. Involved lymph nodes typically calcify.[1]
Reference
- ↑ Gorman B, Charboneau JW, James EM, Reading CC, Wold LE, Grant CS; et al. (1987). "Medullary thyroid carcinoma: role of high-resolution US". Radiology. 162 (1 Pt 1): 147–50. doi:10.1148/radiology.162.1.3538147. PMID 3538147.