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Medullary thyroid carcinoma
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Accounts for ~5% of thyroid cancers
- Arises from parafollicular C-cells (not follicular cells) - produces calcitonin (key tumour marker)
- Sporadic (~75%) - solitary, unilateral, fifth to sixth decade
- Hereditary (~25%) - part of MEN 2A, MEN 2B, or familial MTC; bilateral and multifocal
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