Görtz G, Kress J H, Schmid K W
Chirurgische Klinik I, St. Marien Hospital, Lünen.
Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1996;113:199-201.
Screening for hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) includes both calcitonin stimulation tests and DNA analysis. Positive results of these diagnostic procedures are indicators for the presence of neoplastic C-cell hyperplasia or an asymptomatic MTC. Thyroidectomy and lymphadenectomy of the first compartment are mandatory in both conditions even in young children.
