Needle biopsy of solitary thyroid nodule in a young woman with palpable cervical lymph nodes on the same sides demonstrates amyloid in the stroma of lesion. Likely diagnosis is
Correct Answer: Medullary carcinoma thyroid
Description: Presence of thyroid nodule along with palpable cervical lymph nodes and amyloid histologically is clearly indicative of Medullary Carcinoma Thyroid, as explained before. Ref : Bailey 25/e p797
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