Thyroid cancer
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Michael Maddaleni, B.S.; Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
- The following flowchart depicts the classification of thyroid cancer.[1]
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 | Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 | Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A | Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B/Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A classical | Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A with cutaneous lichen amyloidosis | Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A with Hirschsprung disease | Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma without pheochromocytoma or parathyroid hyperplasia | Medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, marfanoid habitus, and mucosal neuromas or intestinal ganglioneuromas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reference
- ↑ Wells SA, Asa SL, Dralle H, Elisei R, Evans DB, Gagel RF; et al. (2015). "Revised American Thyroid Association guidelines for the management of medullary thyroid carcinoma". Thyroid. 25 (6): 567–610. doi:10.1089/thy.2014.0335. PMC 4490627. PMID 25810047.