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["Occult" ectopic ACTH secretion syndrome: a case report]
I García Puente1, V Sánchez Moro, P de Pablos Velasco
1Sección de Endocrinología, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Anales De Medicina Interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984)
|April 27, 2001
Abstract:
The occult ectopic ACTH syndrome is ACTH-dependent hypercortisolemia of non pituitary origin, and of more than 6 months duration without the diagnosis of the origin. We report a 55 years old woman diagnosed of Cushing syndrome and treated by mean of bilateral adrenalectomy, in which is discovered an ACTH-secreting carcinoid tumor 20 years later.
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