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Growth‐hormone releasing hormone in a bronchial carcinoid
Author(s) -
Huber Rudolf M.,
Schopohl Jochen,
Losa Marco,
Wolfram Gernot,
Thetter Olaf,
Permanetter Willibald,
Werder Klaus V.
Publication year - 1991
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(19910515)67:10<2538::aid-cncr2820671025>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - medicine , hormone , growth hormone–releasing hormone , growth hormone , endocrinology
The case is reported of a 43‐year‐old patient with a peripherally located bronchial carcinoid tumor containing large amounts of immunoreactive and bioactive growth‐hormone releasing hormone (GHRH). Because no GHRH was found in the peripheral circulation, there was no quantitative or qualitative derangement of growth‐hormone secretion. The tumor was excised completely by thoracotomy.