Typical Carcinoid Tumor Cases Causing Ectopic ACTH Syndrome: Dramatic Response to Surgery.
Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg
; 30(1): 53-56, 2023 Apr 04.
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ABSTRACT
Although Cushing's Syndrome (CS) is usually caused by pituitary/adrenal adenomas, in the remaining few cases, Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) is secreted by extrapituitary neuroendocrine tumors (NET). In typical pulmonary / bronchial carcinoid tumors leading to ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS). The main principle of treatment is the localization of the ACTH-secreting tumor and its surgical removal. In this case report, we aimed to present two typical carcinoid cases, whose ACTH and cortisol levels returned to normal after lung surgery for ectopic ACTH. One of the cases, a 32-year-old female patient with CS symptoms and signs, was referred to our department after detecting a lesion in the left lower lobe in the thorax CT, which did not show an obvious focus on cranial MRI. The other patient, a 36-year-old male, had previously undergone adrenalectomy for Cushing's syndrome and was admitted to the emergency department due to adrenal insufficiency. The lesion seen in the right lower lobe on thorax CT was evaluated as an ectopic ACTH focus. After the tumors of the patients were resected according to surgical principles, CS clinic regressed, and ACTH and cortisol values returned to normal. Pathological examinations of the surgically resected tumors were reported as typical carcinoid. With surgically removed typical carcinoids tumors, excellent longterm survival results can be achieved and hypercortisolism can be controlled.
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Síndrome de ACTH Ectópico
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Neoplasias de los Bronquios
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Tumor Carcinoide
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Síndrome de Cushing
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Diagnostic_studies
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Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg
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2023
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