A Case of Catecholamine and Glucocorticoid Excess Syndrome Due to a Corticotropin-Secreting Paraganglioma.

Authors :: WILLENBERG, HOLGER S.
FELDKAMP, JOACHIM
LEHMANN, REINER
SCHOTT, MATTHIAS
GORETZKI, PETER E.
SCHERBAUM, WERNER A.
Source :: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; 2006, Vol. 1073 Issue 1, p52-58, 7p, 3 Black and White Photographs, 1 Chart
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: We present a case of a 61-year-old female patient with ectopic corticotropin (ACTH) syndrome, hypopituitarism, and catecholamine excess due to a paraganglioma at the inferior pole of the left kidney. In this article we discuss the hormonal findings in the patient and its consequences, the pitfalls of the endocrine workup, and the results of our immunohistological and molecular studies in more detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: ECTOPIC hormones
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC hormone
CUSHING'S syndrome
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
ADRENAL tumors

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