Cushing's syndrome in a 16 year old girl due to ectopic ACTH precursor production from a pancreatic tumour

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2000 Oct;53(4):539-40. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01086.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone* / analysis
  • Cushing Syndrome / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / complications*
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / metabolism
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Pro-Opiomelanocortin / analysis
  • Pro-Opiomelanocortin / metabolism*
  • Protein Precursors / analysis
  • Protein Precursors / metabolism

Substances

  • Protein Precursors
  • Pro-Opiomelanocortin
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone