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A Case of Paraneoplastic Cushing Syndrome Presenting as Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome

open access: yesCase Reports in Oncology, 2017
Carcinoid tumors are neuroendocrine tumors that mainly arise in the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, and bronchi. Bronchopulmonary carcinoids have been associated with Cushing syndrome, which results from ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH ...
Christina E. Brzezniak   +9 more
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Role of Adrenalectomy in Ectopic ACTH Syndrome

open access: yesEndocrine Journal, 2005
Evaluation of adrenalectomy in patients diagnosed with ectopic ACTH syndrome was studied. Twenty-three clinical cases diagnosed with ectopic ACTH syndrome were analyzed at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH). Cases consisted of 14 males and 9 females, with mean age of 38 years. All 23 cases had positive
Hanzhong, Li   +4 more
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Selective inferior petrosal sinus sampling without venous outflow diversion in the detection of a pituitary adenoma in Cushing's syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Introduction: Conventional MRI may still be an inaccurate method for the non-invasive detection of a microadenoma in adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-dependent Cushing's syndrome (CS). Bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (BIPSS) with ovine corticotropin-
Andereggen, Lukas   +9 more
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Ectopic ACTH syndrome.

open access: yesInternational surgery, 1988
The recognition of extrapituitary ACTH-secreting tumors is of great importance, not only theoretically but also in practice, in that it permits rational and radical therapy of the relative Cushing's syndrome and avoids more traumatic and risky surgery such as the destruction of the hypophysis and total adrenalectomy.
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[The ectopic ACTH syndrome].

open access: yesSrpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 2004
Endogenous Cushing's syndrome is a clinical state resulting from prolonged, inappropriate exposure to excessive endogenous secretion of cortisol and hence excess circulating free cortisol, characterized by loss of the normal feedback mechanisms of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and the normal circadian rhythm of cortisol secretion [2].
Zorana, Penezić   +5 more
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A case of recurrent non-small-cell lung carcinoma and paraneoplastic Cushing's syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
AERTS, JG   +6 more
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Jugular-vein sampling of ACTH [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
Scriba, Peter Christian   +1 more
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Ectopic ACTH syndrome.

open access: yesJournal of Nippon Medical School, 1997
H, Sugihara, I, Wakabayashi
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Ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone syndrome in a 10-year-old girl with a thymic neuroendocrine tumor: a case report

open access: yesBMC Endocrine Disorders
Background Thymic neuroendocrine tumor as a cause of Cushing syndrome is extremely rare in children. Case presentation We report a case of a 10-year-old girl who presented with typical symptoms and signs of hypercortisolemia, including bone fractures ...
Irena Aldhoon-Hainerová   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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