Radioguided hepatic resection with F-DOPA in a patient with metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma.

Introduction: Medullary carcinoma accounts for 1-2% of all thyroid malignancies. 13-20% of patients present with distant metastasis, with 45% of the cases affecting the liver.

Clinical Case: A 50-year-old woman, diagnosed with medullary thyroid carcinoma, was treated with total thyroidectomy and a modified neck dissection in 1999.