Ectopic growth hormone-releasing hormone secretion by a bronchial carcinoid tumor: Clinical experience following tumor resection and long-Acting octreotide therapy

Pituitary

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 260-265

  Butler, Peter W ^a,b   Cochran, Craig S ^a   Merino, Maria J ^c   Nguyen, Dao M ^c   Schrump, David S ^c   Gorden, Phillip ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Carcinoid; Ectopic acromegaly; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Neuroendocrine tumor; Octreotide; Somatostatin analogue

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INSULIN GLARGINE; OCTREOTIDE; PENTETREOTIDE; PIG INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CANCER TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECTOPIC GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE SECRETION; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG RESECTION; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SNORING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE;

EID: 84861455946     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-010-0226-7     Document Type: Article

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