Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome presenting as hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and hypertension

Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome presenting as hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and hypertension

The ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome is an uncommon cause of hypercortisolism, which should be considered in patients with hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and hypertension in the context of lung neoplasm. We report a 60-year-old male patient with severe hypertension, metabolic alk...

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Main Authors: Mansoor C Abdulla, Jemshad Alungal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
Subjects:
Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome
hypertension
hypokalemia
lung cancer
metabolic alkalosis
Online Access:http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2016;volume=4;issue=1;spage=24;epage=26;aulast=Abdulla

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