Vol. 4, Issue 5, Part D (2018)

Methods: Retrospective descriptive study of patient record from 1999 to 2011. Study includes patients treated in surgical oncology department of NIMS, Hyderabad

Result: Surgical resection is the mainstay of the treatment. Perineural invasion is a adverse prognostic feature in addition to positive cervical nodes and positive margin.

Conclusion: Medullary carcinoma thyroid are rare neuroendocrine tumor of thyroid. Treatment is complete surgical resection which may require viscera resection. Adjuvant RT should be given in case of adverse prognostic factors like perineural invasion, positive margins and positive nodes.