Carcinomul medular reprezintă 5-10% din totalul tumorilor tiroidiene. In circa 2/3 cazuri tumora apare sporadic, iar în 1/3 cazuri familial, anomalia fi ind transmisă autosom dominant. Tratamentul de elecţie al CMT este chirurgical atât în forma sporadică, cât şi în cea familială. Prognosticul pacienţilor cu CMT familial sau MEN 2A, identifi caţi în stadii precoce, presimtomatic, prin tehnici de screening este favorabil.

Medullar Carcinoma of Thyroid represents 5 to 10% of the total number of thyroid tumors. In about 2/3 of cases, the tumor is sporadic, in 1/3 – familial, the anomaly is inherited autosomal – dominantly. The election treatment of the medullar carcinoma of the thyroid gland is surgical, in both sporadic and familial form. The prognosis of the patients with Medular Carcinoma of Thyroid or MEN 2A, which were fi nd in early disease stages, presymptomatically, using screening techniques, is favorable.