Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome caused by neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus: 30-year experience with 16 patients at a single institute in the People’s Republic of China

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Thymic neuroendocrine carcinomas (TNECs) are extremely uncommon. Certain cases of TNECs can produce the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cause ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS). The current literature on this topic consists mainly of case reports, and therapeutic guidelines a...

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Published in:Onco Targets Ther
Main Authors: Chen, Ye-ye, Li, Shan-qing, Liu, Hong-sheng, Qin, Ying-zhi, Li, Li, Huang, Cheng, Bi, Ya-lan, Meng, Yun-xiao, He, Jia, Zhou, Xiao-yun, Ma, Dong-jie
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853161/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27217765
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S100585
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