Metastatic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Secreting Breast Cancer Treated with Bilateral Adrenalectomy

ABSTRACT: Objective: Endogenous Cushing syndrome due to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion occurs most commonly from small-cell lung carcinoma. Ectopic ACTH secretion from a neuroendocrine tumor of the breast is very rare, with only 7 previously reported cases in the literature.Met...

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Main Authors: Feibi Zheng, MD, Angela C. Chen, BS, David Berger, MD, Michael W. Yeh, MD, Jeffrey D. Goldstein, MD, Steven Wong, MD, Masha J. Livhits, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:AACE Clinical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2376060520301619