AlphaMedEduFeb 51 min readENT Case 6. Laryngeal mass from a middle-aged male patient.PITFALL to avoid: this is not medullary carcinoma of thyroid. Diagnosis: neurocrine tumor, grade 1 of larynxNET from larynx is rare and often positive for TTF1 and calcitonin. Calcitonin is not specific for medullary carcinoma of thyroid, and is expressed in NETs from multiple organs.
PITFALL to avoid: this is not medullary carcinoma of thyroid. Diagnosis: neurocrine tumor, grade 1 of larynxNET from larynx is rare and often positive for TTF1 and calcitonin. Calcitonin is not specific for medullary carcinoma of thyroid, and is expressed in NETs from multiple organs.
Comments