Figures & data
Figure 1. PET scans (left panel) show a pronounced decrease of metabolic activity of metastatic nodules within the patient's bones, lungs and liver. Right panels reveal a dramatic decrease in the size and number of metastatic nodules in the lungs, mediastinum, thoracolumbar vertebral column, periaortic lymph nodes, left axilla, liver and sternum.
Figure 2. Medullary thyroid carcinoma metastatic to the skin and subcutaneous soft tissues of the chest (March 2009). Notice the bands of amyloid (thick arrow) interspersed between nests of tumor cells. An occasional mitotic figure is seen (thin arrow). Hematoxylin and eosin, original magnification ×400.
