Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome caused by neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus: 30-year experience with 16 patients at a single institute in the People’s Republic of China

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Thymic neuroendocrine carcinomas (TNECs) are extremely uncommon. Certain cases of TNECs can produce the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cause ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS). The current literature on this topic consists mainly of case reports, and therapeutic guidelines a...

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Autores principales: Chen, Ye-ye, Li, Shan-qing, Liu, Hong-sheng, Qin, Ying-zhi, Li, Li, Huang, Cheng, Bi, Ya-lan, Meng, Yun-xiao, He, Jia, Zhou, Xiao-yun, Ma, Dong-jie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27217765
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S100585

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