ACTH-dependent Hypercortisolemia in a Patient with a Pituitary Microadenoma and an Atypical Carcinoid Tumour of the Thymus

Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is a set of clinical symptoms which occur as a result of hypercortisolemia. Endogenous ACTH-dependent CS related to an ectopic ACTH-secreting tumour constitutes 12%–17% of CS cases and is one of the most common causes of paraneoplastic syndromes. This study presents a case of...

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Autores principales: Baranowska-Jurkun, Angelika, Szychlińska, Magdalena, Matuszewski, Wojciech, Modzelewski, Robert, Bandurska-Stankiewicz, Elżbieta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6956365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783507
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55120759

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6956365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783507
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55120759

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