3 results match your criteria: "Portugal Medical Faculty of the University of Porto[Affiliation]"

C-cell-derived calcitonin-free neuroendocrine carcinoma of the thyroid: the diagnostic importance of CGRP immunoreactivity.

Int J Surg Pathol

September 2014

Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal Medical Faculty of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Central Hospital of S João, Porto, Portugal

In the thyroid, primary neuroendocrine tumors encompass medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and, rarely, other tumors such as paragangliomas. MTCs are derived from C-cells and express calcitonin and neuroendocrine markers. Besides classic MTC, some reports have documented thyroid neuroendocrine tumors, which show no calcitonin expression and raise difficult diagnostic problems.

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A founder SDHB mutation in Portuguese paraganglioma patients.

Endocr Relat Cancer

December 2013

IPATIMUP (Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology of the University of Porto), Rua Dr Roberto Frias s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal Medical Faculty of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Department of Endocrinology, Portuguese Oncology Institute, Porto, Portugal Department of Pathology, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal Department of Pathology, Portuguese Oncology Institute, Porto, Portugal.

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