Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Do Ultrasonography and F-DOPA-PET-CT Influence the Initial Surgical Strategy?
Lindsay BrammenMartin B NiederlePhilipp RissChristian ScheubaAndreas SelberherrGeorgios KaranikasGerd BodnerOskar KoperekBruno NiederlePublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2018)
Ultrasound and F-DOPA-PET-CT are sensitive for the localization of MTC but not for the presence and location of LN metastasis (limitations: size/number). Only F-DOPA ensures the diagnosis of distant metastasis and influences the extent of LN surgery. Surgical strategy cannot be predicted based on neither ultrasound nor F-DOPA-PET-CT.