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. 1975 Jul 5;3(5974):11–12. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5974.11

Diarrhoeae in thyroid medullary carcinoma: role of prostaglandins and therapeutic effect of nutmeg.

J A Barrowman, A Bennett, P Hillenbrand, K Rolles, D J Pollock, J T Wright
PMCID: PMC1673758  PMID: 1169097

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.

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