Acromegaly and Cushing's syndrome caused by a neuroendocrine tumor arising within a sacrococcygeal teratoma

A 60‐year‐old man with a pre‐existing stable sacrococcygeal teratoma developed acromegaly, ectopic Cushing's syndrome, and 5HIAA secretion. To our knowledge, this represents the first reported case of ACTH and serotonin secretion, and likely GHRH or GH cosecretion, from a sacrococcygeal teratom...

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Autores principales: Babiker, Tarig, Kyrodimou, Efstathia, Berney, Daniel M., Gurnell, Mark, Drake, William M., Brooke, Antonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1148
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Sumario:A 60‐year‐old man with a pre‐existing stable sacrococcygeal teratoma developed acromegaly, ectopic Cushing's syndrome, and 5HIAA secretion. To our knowledge, this represents the first reported case of ACTH and serotonin secretion, and likely GHRH or GH cosecretion, from a sacrococcygeal teratoma in an adult.

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