The role of prophylactic parathyroidectomy during thyroidectomy for MTC in patients with MEN2A syndrome

Folia Med (Plovdiv). 2023 Oct 31;65(5):720-727. doi: 10.3897/folmed.65.e86749.

Abstract

To define the role of prophylactic parathyroidectomy in the surgical treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIa (MEN2A) syndrome through a literature review.

Keywords: medullary MEN2A parathyroidectomy.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine*
  • Humans
  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a* / pathology
  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a* / surgery
  • Parathyroidectomy
  • Thyroid Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Thyroidectomy

Supplementary concepts

  • Thyroid cancer, medullary