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Clin Case Rep. 2015 Nov 09;4(1):9-18. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.409. eCollection 2016 Jan.

Recurrent spinal metastasis of a sporadic medullary carcinoma of the thyroid after radiation therapy: a case report and review of the literature.

Clinical case reports

Christopher Munoz-Bendix, Antonio Santacroce, Kristin Gierga, Frank W Floeth, Hans-Jakob Steiger, Marco Antonio Penalonzo, Sven Oliver Eicker

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Germany.
  2. Department of Radiation Oncology Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Germany.
  3. Department of Neuropathology Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Germany.
  4. Department of Surgery Francisco Marroquin University Guatemala City Guatemala.
  5. Department of Neurosurgery Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Germany; Department of Neurosurgery University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg Germany.

PMID: 26783427 PMCID: PMC4706409 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.409

Abstract

Sporadic Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid is a relatively uncommon entity and at the time of diagnosis, most already present loco-regional metastasis. Therapy should be aggressive to reduce recurrence and mortality. Follow-up period should continue lifelong and should also include calcium/pentagastrin infusion test, as well as 6-month interval diagnostic imaging.

Keywords: Neoadjuvant Radiation Therapy; Recurrent Spinal Metastasis; Spinal Metastasis; Sporadic Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid; Thyroid Metastasis

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