Acromegaly Caused by Ectopic Growth Hormone: A Rare Manifestation of a Bronchial Carcinoid

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 330-332

  Biswal, Suvakanta ^a   Srinivasan, Balamurali ^a   Dutta, Pinaki ^a   Ranjan, Prabat ^a   Vaiphei, Kim ^a   Singh, Rana Sandeep ^a   Thingnam, Shyamkumar Singh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACROMEGALY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONES, ECTOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PNEUMONECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37249082023     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.072     Document Type: Article

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