[Metastatic pulmonary carcinoma, revealed by Cushing syndrome, initially considered to have a pituitary origin. Course over 25 years]

dc.contributor.authorde Gennes, J. L.en
dc.contributor.authorKiortsis, D. N.en
dc.contributor.authorDairou, F.en
dc.contributor.authorBertagna, X.en
dc.contributor.authorMalinsky, M.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T19:04:33Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T19:04:33Z
dc.identifier.issn0755-4982-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/20060
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dc.subjectAdrenocorticotropic Hormone/secretionen
dc.subjectAdulten
dc.subjectCarcinoid Tumor/*complications/diagnosis/secondaryen
dc.subjectCushing Syndrome/diagnosis/*etiologyen
dc.subjectDiagnostic Errorsen
dc.subjectHumansen
dc.subjectLung Neoplasms/*complications/diagnosisen
dc.subjectLymphatic Metastasisen
dc.subjectMaleen
dc.subjectPituitary Diseases/diagnosisen
dc.subjectTime Factorsen
dc.subjectTumor Markers, Biologicalen
dc.title[Metastatic pulmonary carcinoma, revealed by Cushing syndrome, initially considered to have a pituitary origin. Course over 25 years]en
heal.abstractIt is often difficult to differentiate between Cushing's syndrome and ectopic ACTH hypersecretion which, in rare cases, may result from a carcinoid tumour. Several years may be required before development of patent Cushing's syndrome. We report the 25-year clinical course in a patient with a pulmonary carcinoid tumour. Initially, the hormone results led to the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome and the patient was treated accordingly. Bilateral adrenectomy was performed in 1969 followed by radiotherapy of the pituitary gland in 1975 for suspected Nelson's syndrome. Actually, the carcinoid tumour, located retrocardially, had gone unnoticed until 1989. Diagnosis was suspected during a hospitalization in our unit and the patient underwent tumour exeresis and left inferior lobectomy. Despite tumour removal and demonstration of tumoural ACTH secretion, the levels of ACTH and beta-lipotrope hormone remained high suggesting lymph node and/or pulmonary metastasis. This observation emphasizes the long clinical course of carcinoid tumours despite their malignancy and the unusual response to the dexamethasone test.en
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heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8545366-
heal.journalNamePresse Meden
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
heal.languagefr-
heal.publicationDate1995-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.type.enJournal articleen

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