Title
Breast metastasis from medullary thyroid carcinoma in a patient clinically diagnosed with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2B: A case report
Other title
Carcinoma medular de tiroides metastásico en mama en una paciente con diagnóstico clínico de neoplasia endocrina múltiple subtipo 2B: reporte de un caso
Date Issued
01 July 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Masson-Doyma Mexico, S.A.
Abstract
The medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is an unusual malignant neoplasm with a high rate of metastasis. It usually appears as a single nodule in more than 70% of the cases, and the main distant metastasis sites are liver, lung, and bone. Breast metastasis is rare because within the mammary tumours only between 0.2% and 1.3% are secondary tumours. MTC is strongly associated with the multiple endocrine neoplasia sub-type 2B (MEN2B), which is a dominant autosomal disorder characterised by the presence of MTC and phaeochromocytoma in the absence of hyperparathyroidism. Metastasis from a MTC to the breast in the context of a MEN2B rarely occurs, which is why this case is being reported.
Start page
245
End page
248
Volume
15
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84979763416
Source
Gaceta Mexicana de Oncologia
ISSN of the container
16659201
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus