Cushing’s syndrome caused by ACTH-producing thymic typical carcinoid with local invasion and regional lymph node metastasis: a case report

BACKGROUND: Ectopic ACTH-producing thymic carcinoid tumors are rare, but often behave aggressively with local invasion and distant metastasis. We herein report a case of ACTH-producing thymic typical carcinoid tumor with lymph node metastasis treated by surgery and postoperative radiation therapy. C...

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Autores principales: Fujiwara, Wakako, Haruki, Tomohiro, Kidokoro, Yoshiteru, Ohno, Takashi, Yurugi, Yohei, Miwa, Ken, Taniguchi, Yuji, Nakamura, Hiroshige
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5995764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29892916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-018-0459-7

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