Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of thymus: A rare cause of Cushing′s syndrome

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 148-151

  Arora, Raman ^a   Gupta, Ruchika ^a   Sharma, Alok ^a   Dinda, Amit K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atypical carcinoid; Cushing s syndrome; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL THYMIC CARCINOID; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749340700     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.59210     Document Type: Article

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