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Document Details : Title: Ectopic ACTH-syndrome due to a thymic carcinoid tumor Author(s): VAN SCHAEYBROECK S, VAN IMSCHOOT S, COCHEZ P Journal: Acta Clinica Belgica Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Date: 2002 Pages: 23-25 DOI: 10.2143/ACB.57.1.1002775 Abstract : Investigating a recently developed Cushing Syndrome, we diagnosed in a 47-year-old woman an ectopic ACTH syndrome due to a metastatic carcinoid tumor, most likely a thymic carcinoid tumor. Combined therapy with sandostatin® and nizoral® and later on with sandostatin®, metopirone® and orimeten®, was not able to suppress the hypercortisolism. A few weeks after surgical adrenalectomy, clinical deterioration ensued, culminating in the patient’s death 7 months after diagnosis. |
