Nephrotic Syndrome as a Complication of Systemic Calcitonin Amyloidosis From Long-Standing Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Nephrotic Syndrome as a Complication of Systemic Calcitonin Amyloidosis From Long-Standing Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Background/Objective: Medullary thyroid cancer often results in elevated calcitonin levels, which can cause localized formation of calcitonin amyloid, though rarely complications of systemic calcitonin amyloidosis have been reported. The objective of this report is to encourage awareness of calciton...

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Main Authors: Samantha M. Siskind, MD, Sakshi Yadav, MBBS, Melinda Solomon, MD, Philip E. Knapp, MD, MS, Hanni Menn-Josephy, MD, Jean Francis, MD, Helmut G. Rennke, MD, Rivka Ayalon, MD, Katherine L. Modzelewski, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-11-01
Series:AACE Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
calcitonin amyloid (ACal)
medullary thyroid cancer (MTC)
nephrotic syndrome
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2376060524000944

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