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* May have diarrhea, flushing, and pruritis | * May have diarrhea, flushing, and pruritis | ||
* MEN2 (pheochromocytoma and hyperparathyroidism symptoms) | * MEN2 (pheochromocytoma and hyperparathyroidism symptoms) | ||
* Thyroid nodule | * Thyroid nodule | ||
* Elevated calcitonin | |||
* Elevated chromogranin | |||
* Elevated CEA | |||
* Nested with delicate vascular septa pattern of growth | * Nested with delicate vascular septa pattern of growth | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 1 November 2015
- May have diarrhea, flushing, and pruritis
- MEN2 (pheochromocytoma and hyperparathyroidism symptoms)
- Thyroid nodule
- Elevated calcitonin
- Elevated chromogranin
- Elevated CEA
- Nested with delicate vascular septa pattern of growth
- Polygonal cells, round nuclie with coarse chromatin, granular cytoplasm, surrounded by amyloid deposits
- Vascular stroma with hemorrhage, edema, and coarse calcification
- C-cell hyperplasia may be present
- Neck lymphadenopathy
- RET proto-oncogene