A case of catecholamine and glucocorticoid excess syndrome due to a corticotropin-secreting paraganglioma

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1073, Issue , 2006, Pages 52-58

  Willenberg, Holger S ^a   Feldkamp, Joachim ^b   Lehmann, Reiner ^c   Schott, Matthias ^a   Goretzki, Peter E ^d   Scherbaum, Werner A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b OWL University   (Germany)

^c Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein   (Germany)

^d Lukaskrankenhaus GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; Cushing's syndrome; Ectopic hormone secretion; Paraganglioma; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMLODIPINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; KETOCONAZOLE; LISINOPRIL; METADRENALIN; METOPROLOL; NORADRENALIN; OMEPRAZOLE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE EXCESS SYNDROME; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOID EXCESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARAGANGLIOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 33845489180     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1353.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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