Home|Journals|Articles by Year|Audio Abstracts
 

Case Report

Ann Med Res. 2007; 14(4): 263-266


Hypercalcemia of Malignancy Induced by Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein in a Patient with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

 

Kerem Okutur*, Cemal Bes**, Adile Çakır**, Emrah Mazı**, Guliz Dirimen***, Engin Ciğercioğulları****, Fatih Borlu**

.




Abstract


 

We present the case of a 50-year-old male patient presenting with a mass lesion in the neck region and diarrhea. Histological examination of the excisional biopsy specimen revealed medullary thyroid carcinoma. In the laboratory examination of the patient marked hypercalcemia was detected along with a low parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels (






Full-text options


Share this Article


Online Article Submission
• ejmanager.com


ejPort - eJManager.com
Refer & Earn
JournalList
 About BiblioMed
License Information
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
 Contact Us

The articles in Bibliomed are open access articles licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.