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Medullary cancer of the thyroid gland associated with hypercorticism

✍ Scribed by Ilona Szijj; Zsolt Csapó; Ferenc A. László; Kálmán Kovács

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1969
Tongue
English
Weight
741 KB
Volume
24
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-543X

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✦ Synopsis

Rapidly progressing adrenal hypercorticism was observed in a 39-year-old man with a metastasizing medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland containing amyloid. In the opinion of the authors, the thyroid carcinoma produced a peptide having ACTH activity, and this was responsible for the development of the hypercorticism.

HYROID CANCER ASSOCIATED WITH HYPER-

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