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Diagnostic Pitfall: Parathyroid Carcinoma Expands the Spectrum of Calcitonin and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Expressing Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

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  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Anjelica Hodgson, Sara Pakbaz & Ozgur Mete

  2. Department of Pathology, University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, 11th floor, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada

    Sara Pakbaz & Ozgur Mete

  3. Department of Pathology, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Farnoosh Tayyari

  4. Department of Surgery, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    James Edward Massey Young

  5. Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    James Edward Massey Young

  6. Endocrine Oncology Site, The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Ozgur Mete

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Hodgson, A., Pakbaz, S., Tayyari, F. et al. Diagnostic Pitfall: Parathyroid Carcinoma Expands the Spectrum of Calcitonin and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Expressing Neuroendocrine Neoplasms. Endocr Pathol 30, 168–172 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-019-9572-9

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