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A challenging case of ectopic ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome due to medullary thyroid carcinoma
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Affiliations- Students’ Scientific Group of Endocrinology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
- Department of Endocrinology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
- Department of Pathomorphology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
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Keywords
medullary thyroid carcinoma; Cushing’s syndrome; ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome; ectopic ACTH secretion
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A challenging case of ectopic ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome due to medullary thyroid carcinoma
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115-116
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2024-02-15
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Endokrynol Pol 2024;75(1):115-116.
Keywords
medullary thyroid carcinoma
Cushing’s syndrome
ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome
ectopic ACTH secretion
Authors
Maria Komisarz-Calik
Paulina Sarba
Małgorzata Trofimiuk-Müldner
Grzegorz Sokołowski
Joanna Szpor
Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk
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