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Cushing's disease in a child with lymphosarcoma and acute leukemia
Author(s) -
Williams Thomas E.,
Franks Robert C.,
McCallum A. Newell
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197608)38:2<1017::aid-cncr2820380255>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - medicine , girl , hyperplasia , cushing syndrome , etiology , adrenocortical hyperfunction , leukemia , neoplasm , disease , pathology , hydrocortisone , psychology , developmental psychology
A 6‐year‐old girl with lymphosarcoma developed Cushing's syndrome. Suppression‐stimulation studies verified adrenal hyperfunction secondary to bilateral adrenocortical hyperplasia, and the course suggested the possibility of “ectopic ACTH” production by the neoplasm as the etiology.