Medullary Carcinoma and Thyrocalcitonin

Overview

Journal Br Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1968 Oct 12

PMID 5748583

Citations 11

Authors

M TUBIANA

G Milhaud

G Coutris

J Lacour

C Parmentier

B Bok

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Abstract

Seven patients with medullary carcinoma of the thyroid were investigated, and the thyrocalcitonin activity of the primary tumours, metastatic deposits, and the serum was estimated.Medullary carcinomas of the thyroid with amyloid stroma contain 100 to 600 times more thyrocalcitonin than normal thyroid tissue, and lymph nodes with metastatic deposits are equally rich in the hormone. High values of thyrocalcitonin are also found in the blood of these patients. Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid with amyloid stroma is the first disease to be recognized in which there is hypersecretion of thyrocalcitonin.

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