Pheochromocytoma - the rare reason of Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic corticotropin secretion
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A 51-year-old female was diagnosed preoperatively to have a pheochromocytoma producing ACTH. This diagnosis was based upon her paroxysmal hypertension, hyperpigmentation, and hypokalemia. Elevated levels of serum and urine corticosteroids, plasma ACTH, urinary VMA, and catecholamines fell after a right adrenal pheochromocytoma was removed. Subsequently this tumor was found to have a high conten...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Abstracts
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1479-6848
DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.41.ep280