Dual bronchial carcinoids and Cushing's syndrome with a paradoxical response to dexamethasone and a false positive outcome of inferior petrosal sinus sampling

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-488

  Burman, Pia A ^a   Lethagen, Åsa Linda ^a   Ivancev, Krasnodar ^a   Johansson, Leif ^a   Sundin, Anders ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; VITAMIN D; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FACE EDEMA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BLOOD; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CARCINOID; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; URINE;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING;

EID: 54049084525     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0385     Document Type: Article

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