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Cushing's syndrome secondary to ectopic ACTH secretion from a primary ovarian carcinoma
S G Ball1, J M Davison, A D Burt
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Clinical Endocrinology
|December 1, 1996
Abstract:
We report a 63-year-old woman who presented with clinical and biochemical features of ACTH dependent Cushing's syndrome secondary to a primary ovarian carcinoma. The tumour produced very high levels of ACTH precursors, consistent with defective POMC processing.