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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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Review
2017
Review
2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To present a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome recently diagnosed with a… 
2009
2009
Although elevated blood levels of calcitonin are considered highly indicative for the presence of medullary thyroid carcinomas… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
This article describes a case of lung cancer with associated hypercalcitoninemia in a man with a goitre. The case raises the… 
2000
2000
liver transplantation in such patients (6). The survival of these patients is dismal, numbered in days (3). Profound hypocalcemia… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Calcitonin secreting tumors, as their name indicates, share a common denominator; yet, their clinical, morphological and… 
1977
1977
A 55-year-old woman with moderate hypertension and a swelling in the front of the neck was admitted to the medical department…