An ACTH-secreting tumour hidden in a congenitally hypoplastic left lung

Ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) syndrome has historically been a therapeutic challenge because of the difficulty localizing occult ACTH-secreting tumours. Here, we report a case of a 67-year-old woman with ectopic ACTH syndrome and had an ACTH-secreting tumour hidden within a congenitall...

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Autores principales: Chen, Xueyu, Zhang, Yajie, Lin, Jules, Li, Hecheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9419672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35575403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivac130
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author Chen, Xueyu
Zhang, Yajie
Lin, Jules
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description Ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) syndrome has historically been a therapeutic challenge because of the difficulty localizing occult ACTH-secreting tumours. Here, we report a case of a 67-year-old woman with ectopic ACTH syndrome and had an ACTH-secreting tumour hidden within a congenitally hypoplastic left lung. A satisfactory therapeutic outcome was obtained after left pneumonectomy was performed on patient in this case.
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spelling pubmed-94196722022-08-29 An ACTH-secreting tumour hidden in a congenitally hypoplastic left lung Chen, Xueyu Zhang, Yajie Lin, Jules Li, Hecheng Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg Case report Ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) syndrome has historically been a therapeutic challenge because of the difficulty localizing occult ACTH-secreting tumours. Here, we report a case of a 67-year-old woman with ectopic ACTH syndrome and had an ACTH-secreting tumour hidden within a congenitally hypoplastic left lung. A satisfactory therapeutic outcome was obtained after left pneumonectomy was performed on patient in this case. Oxford University Press 2022-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9419672/ /pubmed/35575403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivac130 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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