Acromegaly secondary to ectopic growth hormone-releasing hormone-secreting bronchial carcinoid cured after pneumectomy

Endocrinologist

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 376-379

  Reuters, Vaneska S ^a   Dias, Edilia M R ^b   Pupo, Maria R S R ^b   Gadelha, Mônica R ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bronchial carconoid; Ectopic acromegaly; GHRH

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE PRODUCTION; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE SUPPRESSION; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PITUITARY HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0141453244     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ten.0000089860.69958.83     Document Type: Article

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