Ectopic ACTH-Secreting Syndrome: A Single Center Experience Report with a High Prevalence of Occult Tumor

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 976-980

  Hernández, Irma ^a   Espinosa de los Monteros, Ana Laura ^a   Mendoza, Victoria ^a   Cheng, Sonia ^a   Molina, Mario ^a   Sosa, Ernesto ^a   Mercado, Moisés ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cushing's syndrome; Ectopic

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; THORACOTOMY; URINALYSIS;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749471429     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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