ICD-11 definition : This is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing a 32-amino acid linear polypeptide
hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells (also known
as C-cells) of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimobranchial body.;
ICD-11 synonym : Hypersecretion of thyrocalcitonin;
ICD-11 inclusion : C-cell hyperplasia of thyroid; Hypersecretion of thyrocalcitonin;
This is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing a 32-amino acid linear polypeptide
hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells (also known
as C-cells) of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimobranchial body.