ABSTRACT
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare and particularly aggressive type of thyroid cancer with several distinctive features that distinguish its management from other thyroid cancers. Since MTC was first recognised as a distinct tumour in 1959, it became clear that MTC is more difficult to cure than differentiated thyroid cancer and has higher rates of recurrence and mortality, but it is usually a slow growing tumor compared with other malignancies. In addition, unlike differentiated thyroid cancer, there is no known effective systemic therapy for MTC.
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Carcinoma, Medullary/diagnosis , Carcinoma, Medullary/therapy , Thyroid Neoplasms/diagnosis , Thyroid Neoplasms/therapy , Carcinoma, Medullary/genetics , Carcinoma, Medullary/radiotherapy , Carcinoma, Medullary/surgery , Diagnosis, Differential , Genetic Testing , Humans , Prognosis , Thyroid Neoplasms/genetics , Thyroid Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Thyroid Neoplasms/surgery , ThyroidectomyABSTRACT
Duodenal diverticula are usually incidental findings, but some times could be complicated with inflammatory or pressures effects to pancreas tissue. We present a rare case of pancreatic abscess caused by a perforated diverticulum, arising from the distal end of the second part of the duodenum.
