The 4Ds of ectopic ACTH syndrome: diagnostic dilemmas of a difficult disease

Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is an uncommon condition that leads to high morbidity and mortality. The majority of endogenous CS is caused by excessive ACTH secretion, mainly due to a pituitary tumor – the so-called Cushing’s disease (CD) – followed by ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS), an extra-pituitary tumor...

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Autores principales: Vieira-Corrêa, Marcelo, Moroto, Débora, Carpentieri, Giovanna, Veras, Igor, Kater, Claudio E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10522128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31038596
http://dx.doi.org/10.20945/2359-3997000000129

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