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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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1977-2010
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Endocrine system

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1936-2018
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Ectopic Calcitonin Secretion Syndrome
Endocrine system

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2010
2010
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… (More)
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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… (More)
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2002
2002
Metastatic cervical carcinoma with ectopic calcitonin production presenting as a thyroid mass.
OBJECTIVE To describe a case of cervical carcinoma metastatic to the thyroid in association with ectopic production of calcitonin… (More)
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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… (More)
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1992
1992
Ectopic calcitonin secretion by an adrenal metastasis of a mammary carcinoma.
 
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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… (More)
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1977
1977
Phaeochromocytoma with ectopic calcitonin production and parathyroid cyst.
 
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