Small-cell carcinoma of the endometrium presenting as Cushing's syndrome

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-38

  Sato, Haruhiro ^a   Kanai, Genta ^a   Kajiwara, Hiroshi ^a   Itoh, Johbu ^a   Osamura, Robert Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cushing's syndrome; Ectopic ACTH production; Endometrium; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CORTICOTROPIN; ETOPOSIDE; METYRAPONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JAPANESE; LEG EDEMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MOON FACE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERUS; UTERUS TUMOR; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76049128873     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K09E-212     Document Type: Article

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