SEVERE DIARRHEA AND CUSHINGS-SYNDROME FROM AM ATYPICAL BRONCHIAL CARCINOID

Authors
AMANN ST MYERS MA CICALE MJ
Citation
St. Amann et al., SEVERE DIARRHEA AND CUSHINGS-SYNDROME FROM AM ATYPICAL BRONCHIAL CARCINOID, Southern medical journal, 87(8), 1994, pp. 855-857
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
87
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
855 - 857
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1994)87:8<855:SDACFA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Bronchial carcinoids are uncommon pulmonary tumors, considered neuroen docrine in origin and all types may produce various hormones. We descr ibe a young woman with a 5-year history of radiographically stable aty pical bronchial carcinoid, ectopic ACTH production, and a markedly ele vated calcitonin level. The Cushing's syndrome and diarrheal illness w ere due to the ectopic hormones.