Diarrhea as a form of presentation of medullary thyroid carcinoma

A case is presented of a 57-year-old man consulting for chronic diarrhea. Based on subsequent findings (thyroid nodule and metastases), the possibility of metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) was raised. Thyroidectomy allowed diagnosing a multicentric left lobe MTC. MTC is a rare cause of di...

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Autores principales: Pais, Mariana Canelas, Maia, Tiago, Peixoto, Armando, Meira, Leonor, Albuquerque, Andreia, Lopes, Joanne, Capela, João
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6726287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31595246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbj.0000000000000018
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author Pais, Mariana Canelas
Maia, Tiago
Peixoto, Armando
Meira, Leonor
Albuquerque, Andreia
Lopes, Joanne
Capela, João
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description A case is presented of a 57-year-old man consulting for chronic diarrhea. Based on subsequent findings (thyroid nodule and metastases), the possibility of metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) was raised. Thyroidectomy allowed diagnosing a multicentric left lobe MTC. MTC is a rare cause of diarrhea, but should be considered, especially in the presence of signs or symptoms of alarm or nonresponse to empirical therapy.
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spelling pubmed-67262872019-10-08 Diarrhea as a form of presentation of medullary thyroid carcinoma Pais, Mariana Canelas Maia, Tiago Peixoto, Armando Meira, Leonor Albuquerque, Andreia Lopes, Joanne Capela, João Porto Biomed J Original Article A case is presented of a 57-year-old man consulting for chronic diarrhea. Based on subsequent findings (thyroid nodule and metastases), the possibility of metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) was raised. Thyroidectomy allowed diagnosing a multicentric left lobe MTC. MTC is a rare cause of diarrhea, but should be considered, especially in the presence of signs or symptoms of alarm or nonresponse to empirical therapy. 2018-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6726287/ /pubmed/31595246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbj.0000000000000018 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of PBJ-Associação Porto Biomedical/Porto Biomedical Society. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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Pais, Mariana Canelas
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