ea0073aep775 | Thyroid | ECE2021
Andoni Monzón Mendiolea
, Paja Fano Miguel
, Lizarraga Zufiaurre Aitzol
, Oleaga Alday Amelia
, Adela Leyre Martínez Martínez
, Merlo Pascual Ignacio
, Miren Josune Rodríguez Soto
, Izquierdo Coca Jon
Procalcitonin (PCT) is a sepsis diagnostic marker and mortality predictor, although its elevation can be related to other diseases such as medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). A 72-year-old woman was transferred to the intensive care unit of our institution from another center. One week before, she had been admitted with a clinical picture of progressive malaise, fever, and dyspnea. Weeks before her admission, she had consulted for dyspnea, anorexia, asthenia, and weight loss. I...