title: [Surgical management of persistent diarrhea].
abstract: An 82-year-old patient presented with a cervical lesion and refractory diarrhea of many years' standing. Surgical therapy of a medullary thyroid carcinoma had been performed 16 years previously. Appropriate tumor follow-up had not been carried out hitherto. Significantly high levels of calcitonin as well as a suspicious octreotide scan indicated late recurrence of the disease. Diarrhea ceased following redo surgery.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Asklepios-Klinikum Hamburg-Harburg, Eissendorfer Pferdeweg 52, 21075, Hamburg, Deutschland. h.kleinhans@asklepios.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kleinhans
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaptur
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Verse
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome