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[Endocrine and metabolic expression in bronchogenic carcinoma]
Cyro Teixeira da Silva Junior1, Gilberto Perez Cardoso
1Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia
|December 20, 2003
Abstract:
In the present paper, the authors reviews the endocrine and metabolic manifestations in bronchogenic carcinoma. Disorders as paraneoplastic syndromes (hypercalcemia, syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone, carcinoid and Cushing's syndromes) and others endocrinopathies are discussed. Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy is briefly reviewed.