You saved me hours...i mean hours of studying this difficult thing. Lol i feel like a boss just how i know it. i wish they ask me about it on my orals tomorrow
As medullary carcinoma mostly involves para follicular cells n not cuboid cells which R involved in t3 t4 synthesis...as a result thyroid tests R normal.
T3 T4 should be normal as its Medullary Carcinoma involving Parafolicular or C cells,sparing Folicular cells....Source of t3 t4 is Folicular not Parafolicular.thats why t3 t4 must be Normal here.
You saved me hours...i mean hours of studying this difficult thing. Lol i feel like a boss just how i know it. i wish they ask me about it on my orals tomorrow
As medullary carcinoma mostly involves para follicular cells n not cuboid cells which R involved in t3 t4 synthesis...as a result thyroid tests R normal.
Because they affect the parafollicular cells but not the follicular ones, which are responsible for the thyroid hormones.
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T3 T4 should be normal as its Medullary Carcinoma involving Parafolicular or C cells,sparing Folicular cells....Source of t3 t4 is Folicular not Parafolicular.thats why t3 t4 must be Normal here.
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ehud Banne Thank you! Good luck with your exams.
USMLEshortcuts seriously amazing teaching!couldnt have understood it better!sillier the 'sreenomics'..better it is!thanx teach!
great lecture
Thnx again . .