Thymic Atypical Carcinoid with Cushing's Syndrome Manifesting in the Terminal Stage

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 427-429

  Isowa, Noritaka ^a   Nakamura, Takayuki ^a   Yamazaki, Fumio ^a   Ito, Tadahiro ^a   Chihara, Koji ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CITY SHIMIZU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cushing's syndrome; Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone; Thymic carcinoid

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE; VINDESINE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BONE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM MASS; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; STERNOTOMY; TERMINAL DISEASE; THYMUS; THYMUS CARCINOID; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA;

CARCINOID TUMOR; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0142124247     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02719595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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