Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic ACTH secretion;Cushing-syndrom infolge ektoper ACTH-produktion: Ungewohnliches fallbeispiel, klinik, diagnostik und therapie

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 890-895

  Eggenberger, C ^a,c   Brandle M ^a,b   Galeazzi, R L ^a   Spinas, G A ^b   Schmid, C ^b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Kantonsspital Bruderholz ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Cushing's syndrome; Ectopic ACTH secretion

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; KETOCONAZOLE; METYRAPONE; MIFEPRISTONE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CUSHING DISEASE; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADENOCARCINOMA; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033549298     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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