Chemoembolization of Liver Metastases from Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Authors: Andreas Machens, Curd Behrmann, Henning Dralle
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2000)

Letters4 April 2000Chemoembolization of Liver Metastases from Medullary Thyroid CarcinomaAndreas Machens, MD, Curd Behrmann, MD, and Henning Dralle, MDAndreas Machens, MDMartin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Machens)Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Behrmann)Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Dralle)Search for more papers by this author, Curd Behrmann, MDMartin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Machens)Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Behrmann)Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Dralle)Search for more papers by this author, and Henning Dralle, MDMartin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Machens)Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Behrmann)Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Dralle)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-132-7-200004040-00028 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Liver metastases in multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2A may originate from medullary thyroid carcinoma and malignant pheochromocytoma. We recently encountered both conditions in a single patient after chemoembolization for disseminated liver metastasis.A 54-year-old male carrier of an RET germline mutation in codon 634 had undergone left transabdominal adrenalectomy with biopsies of metastatic liver lesions; on the basis of histopathologic analysis, these lesions were attributed to medullary thyroid carcinoma. Total thyroidectomy and systematic cervico-central and cervico-lateral lymph node dissections were then performed, revealing multifocal medullary thyroid carcinoma with extrathyroid extension and bilateral nodal metastases. After surgery, ...References1. Lack EE, ed. Pathology of Adrenal and Extra-adrenal Paraganglia. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 1994:250-1. Google Scholar2. Chevinsky AH, Minton JP, Falko JM. Metastatic pheochromocytoma associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type II. Arch Surg. 1990;125:935-8. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Casola G, Nicolet V, van Sonnenberg E, Withers C, Bretagnolle M, Saba RM, et al . Unsuspected pheochromocytoma: risk of blood-pressure alterations during percutaneous adrenal biopsy. Radiology. 1986;159:733-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Brueckel J, Boehm BO. Crisis after angiography. Lancet. 1998;352:1278. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Machens)Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Behrmann)Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany D-06097 (Dralle) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInterventional Radiology Approaches for Liver Metastases from Thyroid Cancer: A Case Series and Overview of the LiteratureSyndromic Medullary Thyroid Cancer: MEN 2A and MEN 2BTreatment of hepatic metastases from medullary thyroid cancer with transarterial embolisationThe role of hepatic trans-arterial chemoembolization in metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma: a specialist center experience and review of the literatureLiver Metastases in Thyroid CancerMultiple endokrine NeoplasienMedullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma and Thyroid LymphomaRadiofrequency Ablation of Hepatic Metastases from Thyroid CarcinomaChemoembolization for Liver Metastases from Medullary Thyroid CarcinomaTranscatheter Arterial Embolization for the Treatment of Liver Metastases in a Patient with Malignant PheochromocytomaSelective arterial chemoembolization for hepatic metastases from medullary thyroid carcinomaMedullary Thyroid CarcinomaTherapy for Medullary Thyroid Cancer 4 April 2000Volume 132, Issue 7Page: 596-597KeywordsAngiographyArteriesBiopsyCalcitoninLesionsLiverLiver diseasesMedullary thyroid carcinomaMultiple endocrine neoplasiaPheochromocytoma ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 4 April 2000 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2000 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...