Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone-syndrome in medullary carcinoma of the thyroid: A retrospective analysis and review of the literature

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 618-623

  Barbosa, Sandrine Laboureau Soares ^a   Podien, Patrice ^a,b   Leboulleux, Sophie ^c   Niccoli Sire, Patricia ^d   Kraimps, Jean Louis ^e   Caron, Philippe ^f   Archambeaud Mouveroux, Françoise ^g   Conte Devolx, Bernard ^d   Rohmer, Vincent ^a,b  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e University of Poitiers   (France)

^f CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^g Hopital du Cluzeau   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKERATIN; HYDROCORTISONE; KATACALCIN; LIPOTROPIC AGENT; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; THYROGLOBULIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22244486665     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.618     Document Type: Review

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