Acromegaly caused by ectopic growth hormone-releasing hormone secretion by a carcinoid bronchial tumor: A rare entity

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 631-632

  Athanassiadi, Kalliopi ^a,b   Exarchos, Dimitrios ^a   Tsagarakis, Stylianos ^a   Bellenis, Ion ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Konstantinoupoleosstr 34A Holargos   (Greece)

Author keywords

10

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES;

EID: 4644237699     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.02.033     Document Type: Article

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