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ea0029p125 | Adrenal medulla | ICEECE2012

Pheochromocytoma incidentally discovered after thyroid surgery manifesting dramatic hypertensive crisis induced by metoclopramide

Corsello S. , Ricciato M. , Paragliola R. , Bello G. , Bocci M. , De Crea C. , Raffaelli M. , Lombardi C. , Antonelli M. , Pontecorvi A. , Bellantone R.

Introduction: Metoclopramide is known to exert stimulatory effects on catecholamine secretion, having been used in the past as provocative test in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. We describe a patient with an incidentally discovered pheochromocytoma after metoclopramide administration.Case report: A 64 years-old woman underwent total thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter with follicular proliferation Thy 3 at FNAB of the target nodule. The...

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ea0029p847 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ICEECE2012

Clinical and morphological characterization of C cell hyperplastic and neoplastic lesions of thyroid

Lugli F. , Fusco A. , Bianchi A. , Milardi D. , Cimino V. , Piacentini S. , Celico M. , Lanza P. , Raffaelli M. , Lombardi C. , Fadda G. , Bellantone R. , Pontecorvi A. , Rindi G. , De Marinis L.

Introduction: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and C cell hyperplasia (CCH) have a variable clinical presentation and prognosis and few data are available on the correlation between immunohistochemical characterization (IIC) and clinical behavior.Aim: We studied the clinical and morphological characterization of CCH and MTC and we evaluated IIC expression of PTTG-1, SSTR2A, VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3 in 23 cases of CCH and/or MTC, correlating it with ...

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Pheochromocytoma incidentally discovered after thyroid surgery manifesting dramatic hypertensive crisis induced by metoclopramide

Clinical and morphological characterization of C cell hyperplastic and neoplastic lesions of thyroid

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