Thymic carcinoid presenting with Cushing's syndrome in a 17-year-old boy: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 25, 2011, Pages

  McEvoy, Maureen P ^a   Rich, Barrie S ^a   New, Maria ^b   Tang, Laura H ^a   La Quaglia, Michael P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; OCTREOTIDE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEBRIDEMENT; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FOOT EDEMA; HIRSUTISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOON FACE; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; THYMIC CARCINOID; THYMOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOID TUMOR; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052767599     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.36.1055     Document Type: Article

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