LOINC display name : Calcitonin (Lymph node fine needle aspirate) [Mass/Vol];
LOINC long common name : Calcitonin [Mass/volume] in Lymph node fine needle aspirate;
LOINC short name : Calcit LN FNA-mCnc;
LOINC description : Measurement of calcitonin levels in fine-needle aspiration specimens from athyrotic
individuals treated for medullary thyroid carcinoma. Test is performed to confirm
or exclude metastases in enlarged or ultrasonographically suspicious lymph nodes.;