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

Biography

Degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Medical residency in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre. PhD in Endocrinology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, emphasis on Gestational Diabetes and Vitamin D Deficiency. Preceptor of the medical residency at Hospital Universitário São Francisco de Paula and head of the clinical unit of this hospital. Endocrinologist at EBSERH - Federal University of Pelotas and preceptor of the medical residency in endocrinology at this institution.

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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