The importance of recognizing paraneoplastic symptoms: a case report of Neuroendocrine Small Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium presenting as Paraneoplastic Cushing’s Syndrome.

This is the second well documented case of paraneoplastic Cushing’s syndrome arising from a small cell carcinoma of the endometrium described in English literature. This tumour has an aggressive biological behaviour and early detection provides the only opportunity for long-term survival. In that re...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Doukhopelnikoff, A, Debrock, G, Steelandt, T, De Jonge, ETM
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universa Press 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29209490
_version_ 1783282507460902912
author Doukhopelnikoff, A
Debrock, G
Steelandt, T
De Jonge, ETM
author_facet Doukhopelnikoff, A
Debrock, G
Steelandt, T
De Jonge, ETM
author_sort Doukhopelnikoff, A
collection PubMed
description This is the second well documented case of paraneoplastic Cushing’s syndrome arising from a small cell carcinoma of the endometrium described in English literature. This tumour has an aggressive biological behaviour and early detection provides the only opportunity for long-term survival. In that regard recognition of associated paraneo- plastic features might be helpful.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5707779
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher Universa Press
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-57077792017-12-05 The importance of recognizing paraneoplastic symptoms: a case report of Neuroendocrine Small Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium presenting as Paraneoplastic Cushing’s Syndrome. Doukhopelnikoff, A Debrock, G Steelandt, T De Jonge, ETM Facts Views Vis Obgyn Case Report This is the second well documented case of paraneoplastic Cushing’s syndrome arising from a small cell carcinoma of the endometrium described in English literature. This tumour has an aggressive biological behaviour and early detection provides the only opportunity for long-term survival. In that regard recognition of associated paraneo- plastic features might be helpful. Universa Press 2017-06 2017-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5707779/ /pubmed/29209490 Text en Copyright © 2017 Facts, Views & Vision http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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.
spellingShingle Case Report
Doukhopelnikoff, A
Debrock, G
Steelandt, T
De Jonge, ETM
The importance of recognizing paraneoplastic symptoms: a case report of Neuroendocrine Small Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium presenting as Paraneoplastic Cushing’s Syndrome.
title The importance of recognizing paraneoplastic symptoms: a case report of Neuroendocrine Small Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium presenting as Paraneoplastic Cushing’s Syndrome.
title_full The importance of recognizing paraneoplastic symptoms: a case report of Neuroendocrine Small Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium presenting as Paraneoplastic Cushing’s Syndrome.
title_fullStr The importance of recognizing paraneoplastic symptoms: a case report of Neuroendocrine Small Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium presenting as Paraneoplastic Cushing’s Syndrome.
title_full_unstemmed The importance of recognizing paraneoplastic symptoms: a case report of Neuroendocrine Small Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium presenting as Paraneoplastic Cushing’s Syndrome.
title_short The importance of recognizing paraneoplastic symptoms: a case report of Neuroendocrine Small Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium presenting as Paraneoplastic Cushing’s Syndrome.
title_sort importance of recognizing paraneoplastic symptoms: a case report of neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma of the endometrium presenting as paraneoplastic cushing’s syndrome.
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29209490
work_keys_str_mv AT doukhopelnikoffa theimportanceofrecognizingparaneoplasticsymptomsacasereportofneuroendocrinesmallcellcarcinomaoftheendometriumpresentingasparaneoplasticcushingssyndrome
AT debrockg theimportanceofrecognizingparaneoplasticsymptomsacasereportofneuroendocrinesmallcellcarcinomaoftheendometriumpresentingasparaneoplasticcushingssyndrome
AT steelandtt theimportanceofrecognizingparaneoplasticsymptomsacasereportofneuroendocrinesmallcellcarcinomaoftheendometriumpresentingasparaneoplasticcushingssyndrome
AT dejongeetm theimportanceofrecognizingparaneoplasticsymptomsacasereportofneuroendocrinesmallcellcarcinomaoftheendometriumpresentingasparaneoplasticcushingssyndrome
AT doukhopelnikoffa importanceofrecognizingparaneoplasticsymptomsacasereportofneuroendocrinesmallcellcarcinomaoftheendometriumpresentingasparaneoplasticcushingssyndrome
AT debrockg importanceofrecognizingparaneoplasticsymptomsacasereportofneuroendocrinesmallcellcarcinomaoftheendometriumpresentingasparaneoplasticcushingssyndrome
AT steelandtt importanceofrecognizingparaneoplasticsymptomsacasereportofneuroendocrinesmallcellcarcinomaoftheendometriumpresentingasparaneoplasticcushingssyndrome
AT dejongeetm importanceofrecognizingparaneoplasticsymptomsacasereportofneuroendocrinesmallcellcarcinomaoftheendometriumpresentingasparaneoplasticcushingssyndrome

Ejemplares similares