Cushing syndrome secondary to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion from a Meckel diverticulum neuroendocrine tumor: case report

BACKGROUND: Ectopic production of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by neuroendocrine tumours (NET) is a rare condition, occult presentations often hampering the diagnosis. Although NET are relatively frequent in the ileon and Meckel diverticulum, we describe the first Cushing’s syndrome due to ect...

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Autores principales: Paun, Diana Loreta, Vija, Lavinia, Stan, Emilia, Banica, Alexandra, Bobeica, Elena, Terzea, Dana, Poiana, Catalina, Badiu, Corin, Paun, Sorin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4661995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26610855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-015-0070-x

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