Naeem Sultan Ali, Shabbir Akhtar, Aria Masoom, Mubasher Ikram.
Huge medullary thyroid carcinoma extending from neck to mid chest.
J Surg Pak Jan ;15(3):161-2.

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a distinct thyroid carcinoma that originates in the calcitonin producing parafollicular C cells of the thyroid gland. We present a case of an elderly male who presented with breathing difficulty and large right antero-lateral neck swelling. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) revealed a medullary thyroid carcinoma and he was managed by total thyroidectomy with central neck dissection and removal of mediastinal extension as well. Reported case is a rare as to its extension from right upper neck to mid chest.

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