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Case of an abnormal procalcitonin‐producing metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
Procalcitonin (PCT) is widely used to diagnose a bacterial infection. An increased serum PCT can also be observed in tumors. We presented an unusual case of a metastatic PNET producing and secreting PCT. Immunohistochemistry was used to demonstrate that PCT can be secreted by PanNET.
Autores principales: | Wang, Wei‐Zhen, Xu, Long‐Jiang, Hu, Duan‐Min, Tang, Wen |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7669398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33235774 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3187 |
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