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*C-cell hyperplasia (associated with familial forms of MTC). | *C-cell hyperplasia (associated with familial forms of MTC). | ||
**C cells (AKA ''parafollicular cell''): abundant cytoplasm - clear/pale. | **C cells (AKA ''parafollicular cell''): abundant cytoplasm - clear/pale. | ||
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*The amyloid is formed from ''calcitonin''.<ref name=pmid15459123>{{Cite journal | last1 = Khurana | first1 = R. | last2 = Agarwal | first2 = A. | last3 = Bajpai | first3 = VK. | last4 = Verma | first4 = N. | last5 = Sharma | first5 = AK. | last6 = Gupta | first6 = RP. | last7 = Madhusudan | first7 = KP. | title = Unraveling the amyloid associated with human medullary thyroid carcinoma. | journal = Endocrinology | volume = 145 | issue = 12 | pages = 5465-70 | month = Dec | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1210/en.2004-0780 | PMID = 15459123 }}</ref> | |||
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