Diagnostic imaging of medullary thyroid cancer

摘要: Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is an uncommon malignancy with a high tendency to metastasize both lymph nodes and distant localizations. In recurrent disease the most important prognostic factors are early diagnosis, localization of lesions adequate patient selection for further treatment. An role in monitoring patients medullary plays periodical measurement calcitonin concentration, which allows detect recurrence early. There no single universal diagnostic method localize all lesions, however, development positron emission tomography (PET) methods observed recent years led progress this field. Conventional (ultasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance) currently play basic diagnosis carcinoma. article we also described nuclear medicine imaging, convencional scintigraphy methods, used diagnosing neoplasm. Particular attention was paid use each depending on clinical situation suspected location tumor foci.