familial medullary thyroid carcinoma

familial medullary thyroid carcinoma
(FMTC) a hereditary form of medullary thyroid carcinoma due to mutation in the RET oncogene and considered one of the subtypes of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (q.v.), but occurring in the absence of adrenal or parathyroid involvement.

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