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Medullary Sponge Kidney and Medullary Nephrocalcinosis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 2013
A 40-year-old female patient came to an outpatient sonography department for a follow-up scan of calculi in the right ureter that were originally found at another medical facility. The study was ordered to see if the stones caused hydronephrosis within the right kidney.
openaire   +1 more source

Medullary thyroid carcinoma [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Endocrinology, 2004
SummaryMedullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) arises from parafollicular or C cells that produce calcitonin (CT), and accounts for 5–10% of all thyroid cancers. MTC is hereditary in about 25% of cases. The discovery of a MTC in a patient has several implications: disease extent should be evaluated, phaeochromocytoma and hyperparathyroidism should be ...
Sophie, Leboulleux   +3 more
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Vandetanib for the Treatment of Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) represents an aggressive form of thyroid malignancy. Some may occur spontaneously or can be associated with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndromes, or Familial Medullary Thyroid Cancer syndrome.
Nils Degrauwe   +7 more
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Effectiveness of a salt transport cascade in the renal medulla: computer simulations [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
Based on morphological observations, it has been concluded that the upper parts of the long descending limbs of Henle's loops should be able to secrete salts into the tubular fluid (Kriz, W. Federation Proc. 42:2379-2385, 1983).
P. Lory, Lory, Peter
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Medullary thyroid cancer: a promising model for targeted therapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In recent years, the clinical validation of molecular targeted therapies inhibiting the action of pathogenic tyrosine kinase (TK) has been one of the most exciting developments in cancer research.
Corsello, SM.   +13 more
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Simultaneous Medullary and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Lymph Node Metastasis in the Same Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature

open access: yesAsian Journal of Surgery, 2005
We report a rare case of simultaneous medullary thyroid carcinoma on the left thyroid lobe with lymph node metastasis and papillary thyroid cancer on the right thyroid lobe.
Nidal Younes
doaj   +1 more source

Three Cases of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma in Our Hospital [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a relatively rare phenomenon. We report three cases of MTC over the past 14years in our department. Two cases were determined out by hypercarcinoembryonic antigenemia, and one by hypercarcinoembryonic antigenemia and ...
春日, 好雄   +3 more
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Release of ATP in the ventral medulla during hypoxia in rats: role in hypoxic ventilatory response [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
P2X2 receptor subunits of the ATP-gated ion channels are expressed by physiologically identified respiratory neurons in the ventral respiratory column, implicating ATP in the control of respiratory activity.
Spyer, K. Michael   +7 more
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Giant “heart appearance-like sign” on MRI in bilateral ponto-medullary junction infraction: case report

open access: yesBMC Neurology, 2020
Background Bilateral medial medullary infarction (MMI) is uncommon and bilateral medial pons infarction (MPI) is even rarer. “Heart appearance” on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a characteristic presentation of bilateral medial medullary infarction (
Zhi-Hua Zhou   +6 more
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Prediction of lateral neck lymph node metastasis according to preoperative calcitonin level and tumor size for medullary thyroid carcinoma

open access: yesKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) accounts up to 10% of all thyroid cancers, but is responsible for a disproportionate number of deaths. While surgery is the only curative treatment for MTC, indications for lateral neck lymph node (LLN) dissection are ...
Soo Y. Bae   +4 more
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