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Revision as of 13:10, 3 September 2019

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

Neck ultrasound may be performed to detect medullary thyroid cancer.

Neck ultrasound may be performed to detect medullary thyroid cancer.
There is no specific sonographic features for the diagnosis of medullary thyroid cancer and

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 ==Overview==
 Neck [[ultrasound]] may be performed to detect medullary thyroid cancer.
-==Key Ultrasound Findings in Medullary thyroid cancer==
+==echocardiography/ultrasound==
-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>Thyroid Cancer  Cancer.gov (2015). http://www.cancer.gov/types/thyroid/hp/thyroid-treatment-pdq#link/stoc_h2_2- Accessed on October, 29 2015</ref>
+* Neck [[ultrasound]] may be performed to detect medullary thyroid cancer.
+* There is no specific sonographic features for the diagnosis of medullary thyroid cancer and
 ==References==
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