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Childhood Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
897883
•Concept ID:
C4086177
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A medullary thyroid gland carcinoma occurring in childhood. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChildhood Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of thyroid nodules in children and adolescents.
Wiersinga WM
Hormones (Athens) 2007 Jul-Sep;6(3):194-9. PMID: 17724003
Diagnosis, management, and pathogenetic studies in medullary thyroid carcinoma syndrome.
Samaan NA, Yang KP, Schultz P, Hickey RC
Henry Ford Hosp Med J 1989;37(3-4):132-7. PMID: 2576946

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Thyroid carcinoma in children, adolescents and adults, both spontaneous and after childhood radiation exposure.
Ho WL, Zacharin MR
Eur J Pediatr 2016 May;175(5):677-83. Epub 2016 Jan 25 doi: 10.1007/s00431-016-2692-z. PMID: 26805408
Neuroendocrine tumors and tumor syndromes in childhood.
Gaal J, de Krijger RR
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2010 Nov-Dec;13(6):427-41. Epub 2009 Aug 26 doi: 10.2350/09-04-0635-CP.1. PMID: 19708762
Management of thyroid nodules in children and adolescents.
Wiersinga WM
Hormones (Athens) 2007 Jul-Sep;6(3):194-9. PMID: 17724003
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland and the MEN 2 syndromes.
Skinner MA, Wells SA Jr
Semin Pediatr Surg 1997 Aug;6(3):134-40. PMID: 9263335
Medullary thyroid carcinoma in children with multiple endocrine neoplasia types 2A and 2B.
Skinner MA, DeBenedetti MK, Moley JF, Norton JA, Wells SA Jr
J Pediatr Surg 1996 Jan;31(1):177-81; discussion 181-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(96)90343-7. PMID: 8632274

Diagnosis

Thyroid carcinoma in children, adolescents and adults, both spontaneous and after childhood radiation exposure.
Ho WL, Zacharin MR
Eur J Pediatr 2016 May;175(5):677-83. Epub 2016 Jan 25 doi: 10.1007/s00431-016-2692-z. PMID: 26805408
Management of thyroid nodules in children and adolescents.
Wiersinga WM
Hormones (Athens) 2007 Jul-Sep;6(3):194-9. PMID: 17724003
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland and the MEN 2 syndromes.
Skinner MA, Wells SA Jr
Semin Pediatr Surg 1997 Aug;6(3):134-40. PMID: 9263335
Medullary thyroid carcinoma in children with multiple endocrine neoplasia types 2A and 2B.
Skinner MA, DeBenedetti MK, Moley JF, Norton JA, Wells SA Jr
J Pediatr Surg 1996 Jan;31(1):177-81; discussion 181-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(96)90343-7. PMID: 8632274
The aetiology and diagnosis of malignant tumours of the thyroid gland.
Wade JS
Br J Surg 1975 Oct;62(10):760-4. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800621003. PMID: 1191934

Therapy

Late diagnosis of metastatic pheochromocytoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B with rapid clinical decline.
Jester G, Hassanein H, El-Far A
BMJ Case Rep 2021 Feb 4;14(2) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240488. PMID: 33541961Free PMC Article
Thyroid carcinoma in children, adolescents and adults, both spontaneous and after childhood radiation exposure.
Ho WL, Zacharin MR
Eur J Pediatr 2016 May;175(5):677-83. Epub 2016 Jan 25 doi: 10.1007/s00431-016-2692-z. PMID: 26805408
Thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents.
Danese D, Gardini A, Farsetti A, Sciacchitano S, Andreoli M, Pontecorvi A
Eur J Pediatr 1997 Mar;156(3):190-4. doi: 10.1007/s004310050580. PMID: 9083757
The aetiology and diagnosis of malignant tumours of the thyroid gland.
Wade JS
Br J Surg 1975 Oct;62(10):760-4. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800621003. PMID: 1191934

Prognosis

Thyroid carcinoma in children, adolescents and adults, both spontaneous and after childhood radiation exposure.
Ho WL, Zacharin MR
Eur J Pediatr 2016 May;175(5):677-83. Epub 2016 Jan 25 doi: 10.1007/s00431-016-2692-z. PMID: 26805408
Fine-needle aspiration in the evaluation of thyroid lesions in children.
Kaur J, Srinivasan R, Arora SK, Rajwanshi A, Saikia UN, Dutta P, Gupta N, Nijhawan R, Dey P
Diagn Cytopathol 2012 May;40 Suppl 1:E33-7. Epub 2010 Oct 26 doi: 10.1002/dc.21568. PMID: 22619157
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland and the MEN 2 syndromes.
Skinner MA, Wells SA Jr
Semin Pediatr Surg 1997 Aug;6(3):134-40. PMID: 9263335
Thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents.
Danese D, Gardini A, Farsetti A, Sciacchitano S, Andreoli M, Pontecorvi A
Eur J Pediatr 1997 Mar;156(3):190-4. doi: 10.1007/s004310050580. PMID: 9083757
Medullary thyroid carcinoma in children with multiple endocrine neoplasia types 2A and 2B.
Skinner MA, DeBenedetti MK, Moley JF, Norton JA, Wells SA Jr
J Pediatr Surg 1996 Jan;31(1):177-81; discussion 181-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(96)90343-7. PMID: 8632274

Clinical prediction guides

Thyroid carcinoma in children, adolescents and adults, both spontaneous and after childhood radiation exposure.
Ho WL, Zacharin MR
Eur J Pediatr 2016 May;175(5):677-83. Epub 2016 Jan 25 doi: 10.1007/s00431-016-2692-z. PMID: 26805408
Fine-needle aspiration in the evaluation of thyroid lesions in children.
Kaur J, Srinivasan R, Arora SK, Rajwanshi A, Saikia UN, Dutta P, Gupta N, Nijhawan R, Dey P
Diagn Cytopathol 2012 May;40 Suppl 1:E33-7. Epub 2010 Oct 26 doi: 10.1002/dc.21568. PMID: 22619157
Late diagnosis of type 2B multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN 2B) in a 23 year-old patient.
Andrysiak-Mamos E, Sowińska-Przepiera E, Żochowska E, Kazimierczyk-Puchalska A, Syrenicz J, Lubikowski J, Birkenfeld B, Syrenicz A
Endokrynol Pol 2011;62(6):548-53. PMID: 22144222
Thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents.
Danese D, Gardini A, Farsetti A, Sciacchitano S, Andreoli M, Pontecorvi A
Eur J Pediatr 1997 Mar;156(3):190-4. doi: 10.1007/s004310050580. PMID: 9083757
Diagnosis, management, and pathogenetic studies in medullary thyroid carcinoma syndrome.
Samaan NA, Yang KP, Schultz P, Hickey RC
Henry Ford Hosp Med J 1989;37(3-4):132-7. PMID: 2576946

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