Simultaneous ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome and adrenal metastasis of a medullary thyroid carcinoma causing paraneoplastic Cushing's syndrome

Medullary thyroid carcinomas (MTC) constitute about 5 to 7 % of thyroid neoplasms. They originate from parafollicular C-cells which can secrete adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and/or corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in abnormally high concentrations, potentially causing paraneoplastic Cushing...

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Autores principales: Sand, Michael, Uecker, Samuel, Bechara, Falk G, Gelos, Marcos, Sand, Daniel, Wiese, Till H, Mann, Benno
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1920524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17605812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7800-4-15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1920524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17605812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7800-4-15

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