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[Surgical management of persistent diarrhea]
H Kleinhans1, S Kaptur, T Verse
1Abteilung für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Asklepios-Klinikum Hamburg-Harburg, Eissendorfer Pferdeweg 52, 21075, Hamburg, Deutschland. h.kleinhans@asklepios.com
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.
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