DZI20-240-Case-3

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DZI20-240-Case-3
78 year old man diagnosed with medullary thyroid carcinoma in 2016 following > 1 year of diarrhea. Sporadic RET M918T.
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (4.3 cm, by report; pT3a).

Extensive lymphatic invasion is present adjacent to the primary tumor mass and in the periphery of the tissue. Tumor appears to have about 10% per volume amyloid deposition. No extrathyroidal extension is noted.

Metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma is present replacing a 1.0 cm lymph node with no overt extranodal extension.
December 31, 1969 7:00:00 PM