Open AccessEctopic ACTH syndrome: our experience with 25 cases
Author(s) -
Luiz Roberto Salgado,
Maria Candida Barisson Villares Fragoso,
Mirta Knoepfelmacher,
Márcio Carlos Machado,
Sorahia Domenice,
Maria Adelaide Albergaria Pereira,
Berenice B. Mendonça
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1479-683X
pISSN - 0804-4643
DOI - 10.1530/eje.1.02278
Subject(s) - medicine , desmopressin , magnetic resonance imaging , occult , scintigraphy , adrenocorticotropic hormone , metastasis , gastroenterology , radiology , hormone , pathology , cancer , alternative medicine
Ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS) occurs in about 5-10% of all patients with ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism with most of them caused by intrathoracic neoplasms. It may be associated with overt malignancies or with occult and indolent tumors. We assessed the accuracy of dynamic tests, inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) using desmopressin, and imaging in the work-up diagnosis of EAS.
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