Adrenal Insufficiency in Metastatic Lung Cancer

We report a case of adrenal insufficiency in patient with lung cancer. Although adrenal metastases are common in cancer patients, adrenal insufficiency is a rare occurrence. Diagnosis and treatment of adrenal insufficiency will improve the physical status and the quality of life in those patients.

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Autores principales: Carvalho, Filipe, Louro, Fernanda, Zakout, Raed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28983332
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon890w
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spelling pubmed-56246632017-10-05 Adrenal Insufficiency in Metastatic Lung Cancer Carvalho, Filipe Louro, Fernanda Zakout, Raed World J Oncol Case Report We report a case of adrenal insufficiency in patient with lung cancer. Although adrenal metastases are common in cancer patients, adrenal insufficiency is a rare occurrence. Diagnosis and treatment of adrenal insufficiency will improve the physical status and the quality of life in those patients. Elmer Press 2015-06 2015-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5624663/ /pubmed/28983332 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon890w Text en Copyright 2015, Carvalho et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Carvalho, Filipe
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Adrenal Insufficiency in Metastatic Lung Cancer
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title_short Adrenal Insufficiency in Metastatic Lung Cancer
title_sort adrenal insufficiency in metastatic lung cancer
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624663/
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