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Ectopic Calcitonin Secretion Syndrome

Known as: Ectopic Calcitonin Production, Ectopic Calcitonin Secretion 
A syndrome characterized by abnormal secretion of calcitonin in conjunction with neoplastic growth occurring anywhere in the body.
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Endocrine system

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Review
2017
Review
2017
CALCITONIN-SECRETING PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR IN A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1
ABSTRACT Objective: To present a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome recently diagnosed with a… 
2013
2013
Refractory hypercalcemia and ectopic calcitonin secretion in a malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: hypocalcemic effects on cinacalcet
2009
2009
Differentiation between Thyroidal and Ectopic Calcitonin Secretion in patients with Coincidental Thyroid Nodules and Pancreatic Tumors – A Report of Two Cases
Although elevated blood levels of calcitonin are considered highly indicative for the presence of medullary thyroid carcinomas… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
[How do you investigate an elevated calcitonin level?].
This article describes a case of lung cancer with associated hypercalcitoninemia in a man with a goitre. The case raises the… 
2000
2000
Initial presentation of ulcerative colitis with acute pancreatitis
liver transplantation in such patients (6). The survival of these patients is dismal, numbered in days (3). Profound hypocalcemia… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
[Calcitonin cancers: definition, history, various forms].
Calcitonin secreting tumors, as their name indicates, share a common denominator; yet, their clinical, morphological and… 
1977
1977
Phaeochromocytoma with ectopic calcitonin production and parathyroid cyst.
A 55-year-old woman with moderate hypertension and a swelling in the front of the neck was admitted to the medical department… 
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