Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions SURGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY Case #1 - A 32 year old woman with a thyroid nodule DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 14.) What are the other types of thyroid cancer? Other types of thyroid cancer: Medullary cancer arising from parafollicular cells - secretes calcitonin - may be familial or a part of MEN II syndrome Anaplastic - undifferentiated, rapidly growing - more frequent in elderly
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