Location of ectopic adrenocortical hormone-secreting tumors causing Cushing's syndrome in the paranasal sinuses

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 699-706

  Hodish, Israel ^a   Giordano, Thomas J ^a   Starkman, Monica N ^b   Schteingart, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; Cushing's syndrome; Head; Olphactory neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG UPTAKE; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR PETROSAL SINUS; MALE; NASAL BIOPSY; NEUROBLASTOMA; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66349137175     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20950     Document Type: Article

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