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A 36-year-old woman presents with swelling in her neck that she first noticed 3 months ago. She also complains of intermittent watery diarrhea over the same time period. Physical examination reveals a nontender nodule in the left lobe of the thyroid. The patient's mother died of thyroid cancer 8 years ago. The thyroid nodule is found to be "cold" by radioiodine scintiscan. A needle biopsy of the nodule reveals malignant cells and homogeneous eosinophilic material The tumor in the patient described in Question 38 is removed, and a section stained with Congo red reveals birefringent amyloid stroma. Genetic studies show that this patient has a familial cancer syndrome. In addition to hyperparathyroidism, the patient is advised that she is at risk of developing which of the following neoplastic diseases?
Craniopharyngioma
Follicular adenoma of thyroid
Neuroblastoma
Pheochromocytoma
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