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Cushing's syndrome associated with lung tumors
W H Skinner1, S A O'Grady, C E Becker
1University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40292.
The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The production of corticotropin or corticotropin-releasing factor by non-pituitary, non-adrenal tumors may rarely be associated with an overt clinical expression of hypercortisolism. Recent studies have emphasized the importance of careful thoracic evaluation when such ectopic hormone secretion is suspected.