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Diarrhea as an Initial Presentation in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Delaying the Diagnosis

Tumoral secretion of various molecular factors, such as calcitonin (Ct), can cause diarrhea in patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). We report 3 patients (age 26–38 years, serum Ct levels ranging from 2,890 to 52,894 ng/L) with chronic diarrhea, and the diagnosis of MTC was delayed. Diarrhea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case Rep Gastroenterol
Hauptverfasser: Shakir, Mohamed K.M., Spiro, Andrew J., Mai, Vinh Q., Hoang, Thanh D.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: S. Karger AG 2020
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7443648/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884516
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000508850
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