CASE REPORT- MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA WITH DIARRHOEA

Varun Sodhi; Anika Chhabra; Archana Dutta; Tinaz Haimy Bhutta

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

CASE REPORT- MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA WITH DIARRHOEA

Varun Sodhi, Anika Chhabra, Archana Dutta, Tinaz Haimy Bhutta

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION:Medullary thyroid cancer(MTC) is a type of thyroid cancer of neuroendocrine origin. It occurs in both heritable and sporadic forms. It originates from the parafollicular "C Cells" secreting Calcitonin and Carcino emyonic antigen(CEA). Conventional radiographic techniques such as CT SCAN, MRI, AND Ultrasonography are used to detect recurrence following total thyroidectomy. However metastatic disease frequently escapes from above modaltits even in the presence of increased serum calcitonin levels

CASE REPORT:– We report a case of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma in 24 year old male who under treatment of MTC with metastasis came with c/c of diarrhoea.

CONCLUSION:–Diarrhoea in MTC is though very rare do occur in some patients but what causes the diarrhoea is not clearl understood.