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Syndrome of Ectopic ACTH Hypersecretion
2002Although the development of bilateral adrenocortical hyperfunction in the setting of a nonendocrine tumor had been reported in the medical literature on numerous occasions in the first half of the twentieth century it was not until 1962 that evidence for direct secretion of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) from such tumors was documented.
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[Ectopic ACTH syndrome (author's transl)].
Medicina clinica, 1979Ectopic ACTH syndrome is a clinicopathologic condition produced by certain tumors which release hormone that is indistinguishable from ACTH. It orginates the chemical and clinical anomalies characteristic of Cushing's syndrome by its action on the adrenal glands. The tumors may be present in any organ, though they are most frequently found in the lungs,
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[Radiotherapy of ectopic ACTH syndrome].
Zhonghua zhong liu za zhi [Chinese journal of oncology], 1992From 1984 to 1990, 6 patients with histologically and hormone assay proved ectopic ACTH syndrome were treated. All these lesions occurred in the chest: 4 thymic carcinoids and the other 2 bronchial carcinoids. The patients all had Cushing's syndrome. Treatment consisted of operation plus radiotherapy.
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Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 1978
Y, Hirata, H, Yoshimi, S, Matsukura
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Y, Hirata, H, Yoshimi, S, Matsukura
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Syndromes of Ectopic ACTH Secretion
The Endocrinologist, 2000Marie Laure Raffin-Sanson +2 more
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