Persistence of Elevated Procalcitonin in a Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Uncovered a Diagnosis of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

Persistence of Elevated Procalcitonin in a Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Uncovered a Diagnosis of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

Objective: During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, procalcitonin (PCT) levels have proven useful in assisting clinicians to diagnose bacterial superinfection. However, in the absence of signs of infection or at the resolution thereof, inappropriately and persistently high PCT levels ma...

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Main Authors: Laura Gianotti, MD, PhD, Salvatore D’Agnano, MD, Giorgio Pettiti, MD, Francesco Tassone, MD, Giorgio Giraudo, MD, Corrado Lauro, MD, Giuseppe Lauria, MD, Valerio Del Bono, MD, Giorgio Borretta, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:AACE Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
calcitonin
COVID-19
medullary thyroid neoplasia
procalcitonin
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2376060521000638

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