High serum levels of calcitonin are not pathognomonic of medullary thyroid carcinoma and may indicate polyglandular autoimmune syndrome III.
Mazokopakis
Elias E
EE
Karefilakis
Christos M
CM
Batistakis
Antony G
AG
Syros
Periklis K
PK
Kalathas
Theodoros G
TG
Starakis
Ioannis K
IK
D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016884:Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D015415:Biomarkers; D002116:Calcitonin