Spontaneous adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) normalisation due to tumour regression induced by metyrapone in a patient with ectopic ACTH syndrome: case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome (EAS) is caused by tumours releasing ACTH. Ectopic ACTH-producing tumour regression is rarely induced using steroidogenesis inhibitors. We presented a case of EAS in which ACTH production by a lung tumour was reduced by metyrapone (MTP)...

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Autores principales: Iwayama, Hideyuki, Hirase, Sho, Nomura, Yuka, Ito, Tatsuo, Morita, Hiroyuki, Otake, Kazuo, Okumura, Akihisa, Takagi, Junko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5872391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29587720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-018-0246-2

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