Hypercortisolaemia due to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion by a nasal paraganglioma: A case report and review of the literature

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Thomas, Theodoros ^a   Zender, Steffen ^a   Terkamp, Christoph ^a   Jaeckel, Elmar ^a   Manns, Michael P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cushing; Ectopic; Nasal; Paraganglioma

Indexed keywords

68GA DOTATATE; 68GA-DOTATATE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMODECTOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOSE TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SECRETION (PROCESS); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; NOSE NEOPLASMS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PARAGANGLIOMA, EXTRA-ADRENAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883277301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-331     Document Type: Article

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