Abstract
In a patient with medullary carcinoma of the thyroid with pulmonary metastases who presented with diarrhoea and steatorrhoea large amounts of prostaglandin-like material were present in peripheral blood, and some was extracted from the tumour. The diarrhoea which persisted after thyroidectomy responded to treatment with nutmeg. © 1975, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
Cite
CITATION STYLE
Barrowman, T. A., Hillenbrand, P., Rolles, K., Wright, J. T., Pollock, D. T., & Bennett, A. (1975). Diarrhoea in Thyroid Medullary Carcinoma: Role of Prostaglandins and Therapeutic Effect of Nutmeg. British Medical Journal, 3(5974), 11–12. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.3.5974.11
Register to see more suggestions
Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.
