Cushing's syndrome due to an ectopic ACTH-secreting pituitary tumour mimicking occult paraneoplastic ectopic ACTH production

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 809-814

  Bethge, H ^a,e   Arlt, W ^b   Zimmermann, U ^a   Klingelhoffer G ^c   Wittenberg, G ^d   Saeger, W ^d   Allolio, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c University Neurosurgery Clinic   (Germany)

^d Department of Radiology ^*  (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM DARMSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DESMOPRESSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING DISEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033381107     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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