Mini-review: Pheochromocytomas causing the ectopic ACTH syndrome

Endocrine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-73

  Ballav, Chitrabhanu ^a   Naziat, Auditi ^a   Mihai, Radu ^b   Karavitaki, Niki ^a   Ansorge, Olaf ^b   Grossman, Ashley B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cushing's syndrome; Pheochromocytoma; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; METADRENALIN; METYRAPONE; MIBG I 123; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTH SECRETING PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INFECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SWELLING;

EID: 84864990847     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9646-7     Document Type: Review

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