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The 4Ds of ectopic ACTH syndrome: diagnostic dilemmas of a difficult disease

SUMMARY Cushing's syndrome (CS) is an uncommon condition that leads to high morbidity and mortality. The majority of endogenous CS is caused by excessive ACTH secretion, mainly due to a pituitary tumor - the so-called Cushing's disease (CD) - followed by ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS), an extra-pituitary tu...

Carcinoma neuroendocrino de esófago: reporte de caso

El carcinoma neuroendocrino de esófago representa menos del 2% de casos de cáncer de esófago. Esta forma de presentación es extremadamente inusual, ya que este tipo de carcinoma se suele presentar con mayor frecuencia en zonas broncopulmonares. Los síntomas suelen asociarse a la obstrucción esofág...

Carcinoma neuroendocrino de timo con enfermedad de pompe del adulto
Thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma with Pompe's disease of the adult

Medicina (B.Aires); 75 (5), 2015
La enfermedad de Pompe (glucogenosis tipo II) es una enfermedad de depósito lisosomal, autosómica recesiva causada por una deficiencia de ácido alfa-glucosidasa. Los tumores neuroendocrinos tímicos son neoplasias primarias con diferenciación neuroendocrina que generalmente se presentan como una masa...

Rapid response of hypercortisolism to vandetanib treatment in a patient with advanced medullary thyroid cancer and ectopic Cushing syndrome

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) may rarely present with paraneoplastic syndromes. Among the most frequent ones are the appearance of diarrhea and ectopic Cushing syndrome (ECS). The ECS in the context of MTC is usually present in patients with distant metastatic disease. The use of drugs such as ketoco...