ectopic Cushing syndrome

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Endocrinology Cushing syndrome due to extra-pituitary production of ACTH Ectopic sites Thymoma, medullary CA of thyroid, pheochromocytoma, islet cell tumors of pancreas, small cell CA of lung. See Cushing syndrome.

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According to the standard protocol for treatment of ectopic Cushing syndrome, prednisone is required if patients are treated with ketoconazole to avoid oversuppression of the HPA axis (24)

Intervention at the Level of the Neuroendocrine-Immune Axis and ... by Claudia Spies and Verena Eggers and Gyongyi Szabo and Alexandra Lau and Et al / American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

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