Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
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Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil

Biography

Graduated in Medicine from the Catholic University of Pelotas (2014); Specialist in Internal Medicine from the Federal University of Pelotas (2017); Master in Health and Behavior from the Catholic University of Pelotas (2017). Coordinating Professor of the discipline of Clinical Pathopharmacology, of the Medicine Course at the Catholic University of Pelotas; Member of the Structuring Teaching Nucleus of the Medicine Course at the Catholic University of Pelotas.

Publications

• Case Report   
  Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma with Normal Calcitonin: Case Report with a Typical Presentation and Poor Prognosis
  Author(s): Jivago Da Fonseca Lopes*, Laydner JP, Andrade LB, Fuhrmann DA, Romani F and Weinert LS
  
  Medullary thyroid carcinoma (CMT) is a neoplasm of the parafolicular cells of the gland, associated with a poor prognosis. It usually leads to increased levels of calcitonin (CT) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), however there is a report in the literature of atypical presentation, associated with non-secretion of CT. We will present the case of a 56-year-old patient with CMT and normal CT levels, with a subsequent literature review on the topic... View More»
  

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