MeSH Review:
ACTH Syndrome, Ectopic
- Cushing's syndrome: problems in management. Aron, D.C., Findling, J.W., Fitzgerald, P.A., Forsham, P.H., Wilson, C.B., Tyrrell, J.B. Endocr. Rev. (1982)
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- Amelioration of hypoglycemia in a patient with malignant insulinoma during the development of the ectopic ACTH syndrome. Sadoff, L., Gordon, J., Goldman, S. Diabetes (1975)
- Cushing's syndrome secondary to ectopic corticotropin-releasing hormone-adrenocorticotropin secretion. Schteingart, D.E., Lloyd, R.V., Akil, H., Chandler, W.F., Ibarra-Perez, G., Rosen, S.G., Ogletree, R. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1986)
- ACTH-secreting medullary carcinoma of the thyroid presenting a severe idiopathic osteoporosis and senile purpura: report of a case and review of the literature. Rosenberg, E.M., Hahn, T.J., Orth, D.N., Deftos, L.J., Tanaka, K. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1978)
- Corticotropin-releasing hormone, proopiomelanocortin, and glucocorticoid receptor gene expression in adrenocorticotropin-producing tumors in vitro. Suda, T., Tozawa, F., Dobashi, I., Horiba, N., Ohmori, N., Yamakado, M., Yamada, M., Demura, H. J. Clin. Invest. (1993)
- Ectopic ACTH syndrome caused by a bronchial carcinoid tumor responsive to dexamethasone, metyrapone, and corticotropin-releasing factor. Malchoff, C.D., Orth, D.N., Abboud, C., Carney, J.A., Pairolero, P.C., Carey, R.M. Am. J. Med. (1988)
- Bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling in the differential diagnosis of adrenocorticotropin-dependent Cushing's syndrome: a comparison with other diagnostic tests. Wiggam, M.I., Heaney, A.P., McIlrath, E.M., McCance, D.R., Sheridan, B., Hadden, D.R., Atkinson, A.B. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (2000)
- 11 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in Cushing's syndrome: explaining the mineralocorticoid excess state of the ectopic adrenocorticotropin syndrome. Stewart, P.M., Walker, B.R., Holder, G., O'Halloran, D., Shackleton, C.H. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1995)
- Cortisol inactivation overload: a mechanism of mineralocorticoid hypertension in the ectopic adrenocorticotropin syndrome. Ulick, S., Wang, J.Z., Blumenfeld, J.D., Pickering, T.G. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1992)
- Suppression of ectopic adrenocorticotropin secretion by the long-acting somatostatin analog octreotide. Bertagna, X., Favrod-Coune, C., Escourolle, H., Beuzeboc, P., Christoforov, B., Girard, F., Luton, J.P. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1989)
- Aspergillosis of the nervous system. Beal, M.F., O'Carroll, C.P., Kleinman, G.M., Grossman, R.I. Neurology (1982)
- Bilateral sampling of the internal jugular vein to distinguish between mechanisms of adrenocorticotropic hormone-dependent Cushing syndrome. Doppman, J.L., Oldfield, E.H., Nieman, L.K. Ann. Intern. Med. (1998)
- Analysis of the human proopiomelanocortin gene promoter in a small cell lung carcinoma cell line reveals an unusual role for E2F transcription factors. Picon, A., Bertagna, X., de Keyzer, Y. Oncogene (1999)
- Cushing's syndrome due to medullary thyroid carcinoma: diagnosis by proopiomelanocortin messenger ribonucleic acid in situ hybridization. Smallridge, R.C., Bourne, K., Pearson, B.W., Van Heerden, J.A., Carpenter, P.C., Young, W.F. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (2003)
- Pseudo-tumours of the thymus after correction of hypercortisolism in patients with ectopic ACTH syndrome: a report of five cases. Tabarin, A., Catargi, B., Chanson, P., Hieronimus, S., Corcuff, J.B., Laurent, F., Harter, M., Drouillard, J., Roger, P. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) (1995)
- Ectopic ACTH syndrome from bronchogenic carcinoma in association with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Forfar, J.C. Postgraduate medical journal. (1979)
- Urinary free cortisone and the assessment of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in man. Palermo, M., Shackleton, C.H., Mantero, F., Stewart, P.M. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) (1996)
- Somatostatin analogs for the localization and preoperative treatment of an adrenocorticotropin-secreting bronchial carcinoid tumor. Phlipponneau, M., Nocaudie, M., Epelbaum, J., De Keyzer, Y., Lalau, J.D., Marchandise, X., Bertagna, X. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1994)
- Urinary molecular forms of human N-terminal of proopiomelanocortin: possible deglycosylation and degradation by the kidney. Gaspar, L., Chan, J.S., Seidah, N.G., Chrétien, M. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1984)
- Mineralocorticoid excess and inhibition of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in patients with ectopic ACTH syndrome. Walker, B.R., Campbell, J.C., Fraser, R., Stewart, P.M., Edwards, C.R. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) (1992)
- Management of patients with small cell carcinoma and the syndrome of ectopic corticotropin secretion. Collichio, F.A., Woolf, P.D., Brower, M. Cancer (1994)
- Intraoperative measurement of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) during removal of ACTH-secreting bronchial carcinoid tumors. Raff, H., Shaker, J.L., Seifert, P.E., Werner, P.H., Hazelrigg, S.R., Findling, J.W. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1995)
- Cavernous sinus sampling is highly accurate in distinguishing Cushing's disease from the ectopic adrenocorticotropin syndrome and in predicting intrapituitary tumor location. Graham, K.E., Samuels, M.H., Nesbit, G.M., Cook, D.M., O'Neill, O.R., Barnwell, S.L., Loriaux, D.L. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1999)
- High molecular weight forms of human ACTH are glycoproteins. Orth, D.N., Nicholson, W.E. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1977)
- A new immunoradiometric assay for corticotropin evaluated in normal subjects and patients with Cushing's syndrome. Raff, H., Findling, J.W. Clin. Chem. (1989)
- Is whole-lung CT scanning still necessary in all cases of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome in the era of petrosal sinus sampling? Heaney, A., Loughrey, G., McCance, D., McIlrath, E., Hadden, D., Kennedy, L., Sheridan, B., Atkinson, A.B. QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians. (1999)