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DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302008000100019
The neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), also known as von Recklinghausen’s disease, is an autosomal dominant disorder, with high degree of variability of clinical expression, usually involved with formation of tumors, with benign origin in the majority of cases mainly localized in the region of the head and neck and rarely incident in the thyroid area. However, the association with medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MCT) exists in literature and needs to be excluded. We report a case of a patient […]
Keywords: Medullary carcinoma of thyroid; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Thyroid nodule; Von Recklinghausen’s disease