[Medullar carcinoma of the thyroid gland: surgical treatment of mediastinal metastases]. / Carcinoma medular de tiroides: tratamiento quirúrgico de metástasis mediastínica.

ABSTRACT

Metastatic medullary carcinoma is related to very bad prognosis. Surgery, associated or not to radiotherapy, may be effective in controlling metastasis due to local invasion, as in mediastinal extension. We present a case of medullary carcinoma with mediastinal disease that was treated through mediastinal dissection following by complimentary radiotherapy. After three years of follow-up, the patient remains free of recurrence, although calcitonin levels have not become normal yet.