ACTH overexpressing pituitary hyperplasia in a patient with ectopic ACTH-syndrome due to carcinoid of the lung

ACTH overexpressing pituitary hyperplasia in a patient with ectopic ACTH-syndrome due to carcinoid of the lung

Ectopic ACTH-syndrome is the most diagnostically challenging  variant of endogenous hypercortisolism. Particularly difficult differential diagnosis of this syndrome is from Cushing's disease (CD), as currently there is no single test sufficiently accurate to differentiate accurately ectopic ACT...

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Main Authors: Larisa Konstantinovna Dzeranova, Darya Viktorovna Skuridina, Iya Aleksandrovna Voronkova, Lyudmila Yakovlevna Rozhinskaya, Oksana VLadimirovna Manchenko, Yuriy Alekseevich Ablitsov, Aleksey Yur'evich Ablitsov, Stefani Sergeevna Bolevich, Andrey Yur'evich Grigor'ev, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Pigarova, Maisna Konstantinova Ankvab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Endocrinology Research Centre 2015-01-01
Series:Ожирение и метаболизм
Subjects:
карциноид легкого, гиперкортицизм, АКТГ-эктопированный синдром, гиперплазия гипофиза.

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