Tag: Ectopic ACTH

Cushing’s disease: Results of treatment and factors affecting outcome

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Ariachery C. Ammini, Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Jaya Praksh Sahoo, Jim Philip, Nikhil Tandon, Ravinder Goswami, Viveka P. Jyotsna, Rajesh Khadgawat, Sunil Chumber, Aashu Seth, Asis K. Karak, Bhawani S. Sharma, Poodipedi Sarat Chandra, Ashish Suri, Manish S. Sharma, Shashank S. Kale, Manmohan Singh

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OBJECTIVE: To analyze the therapeutic results of intervention and the factors affecting the outcome of patients with Cushing’s disease (CD) cared for at the All Indian Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi. DESIGN. Patients with Cushing’s disease treated at a teritiary care centre from January 2000 to December 2009 were prospectively studied …

A thymic carcinoid tumour causing Zollinger-Ellison and Cushing’s syndromes due to ectopic ACTH and gastrin secretion

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Noel P. Somasundaram, Chaminda Garusinghe, Dan Berney, Ashley B. Grossman

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Cushings’s syndrome due to ectopic adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) secretion was first described nearly a century ago by Hurst Brown. Bronchial carcinomas, usually bronchial carcinoids, were the first to be described and continue to be the leading cause of the ectopic ACTH syndrome …

Cushing’s syndrome due to an ACTH-producing primary ovarian carcinoma

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Eftekhar H. Al Ojaimi

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Although Cushing’s syndrome has been described in association with various neuroendocrine tumors producing ectopic adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), primary ovarian carcinoma rarely causes this syndrome. We hereby report the case of a 61-year-old woman presented with abdominal distension, facial swelling and skin pigmentation …