Ectopic ACTH syndrome due to thymic atypical carcinoid treated with combination chemotherapy of cisplatin and etoposide

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1197-1201

  Takahashi, Toru ^a   Hatao, Katsuhiro ^b   Yamashita, Yoshimi ^b   Tanizawa, Yukio ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tokuyama Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Cushing's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CORTICOTROPIN; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; MITOTANE;

ACNE; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX TUMOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THYMOMA;

EID: 1642463425     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1197     Document Type: Article

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