A case of ectopic Cushing's syndrome combined with papillary thyroid carcinoma / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
;
: S117-S121, 2009.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Locating a corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)- or adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting tumor is challenging. A 69-year-old woman admitted to our hospital for generalized edema was diagnosed with ectopic Cushing's syndrome. We attempted to find an ectopic tumor and could establish no ectopic focus except a retropharyngeal mass in the neck. We diagnosed the retropharyngeal mass as thyroid papillary carcinoma and examined whether the thyroid papillary carcinoma was the ectopic focus. No relationship between thyroid papillary carcinoma and ectopic Cushing's syndrome has been established. We failed to find another ectopic focus, except for the increased uptake of the retropharyngeal mass on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). Ectopic Cushing's syndrome combined with thyroid papillary carcinoma is very rare, so we report this case along with reviews of related literatures.
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Main subject:
Thyroid Gland
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Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
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Thyroid Neoplasms
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Carcinoma
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Carcinoma, Papillary
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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
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Cushing Syndrome
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Edema
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Neck
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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