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Possible ACTH-independent, cortisol-secreting and DHEA-secreting metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma causing Cushing’s syndrome

Cortisol production by hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been previously reported and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) secretion by HCC is rare. We report a case of a 53-year-old woman admitted with dyspnoea and headache. Serum cortisol by immunoassay (IA) was 42.3 μg/dL, urine free cortisol (UFC)...

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Publicado en:BMJ Case Rep
Autores principales: Sacerdote, Alan, Inoue, Taiga, Thomas, Nithin, Bahtiyar, Gul
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4691856/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26698199
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-211520
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