Literature DB >> 18154841

Acromegaly caused by ectopic growth hormone: a rare manifestation of a bronchial carcinoid.

Suvakanta Biswal1, Balamurali Srinivasan, Pinaki Dutta, Prabat Ranjan, Kim Vaiphei, Rana Sandeep Singh, Shyamkumar Singh Thingnam.   

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Ectopic acromegaly due to growth hormone-releasing hormone secretion by a bronchial carcinoid is rare. We report a case of bronchial carcinoid presenting with acromegaly due to ectopic growth hormone production. The patient was treated successfully with right pneumonectomy.

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Year:  2008        PMID: 18154841     DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.072

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ann Thorac Surg        ISSN: 0003-4975            Impact factor:   4.330


  5 in total

Review 1.  Paraneoplastic syndromes associated with lung cancer.

Authors:  Nobuhiro Kanaji; Naoki Watanabe; Nobuyuki Kita; Shuji Bandoh; Akira Tadokoro; Tomoya Ishii; Hiroaki Dobashi; Takuya Matsunaga
Journal:  World J Clin Oncol       Date:  2014-08-10

Review 2.  Acromegaly due to an ectopic pituitary adenoma in the clivus: case report and review of literature.

Authors:  Julia Goulart Appel; Marvin Bergsneider; Harry Vinters; Noriko Salamon; Marilene B Wang; Anthony P Heaney
Journal:  Pituitary       Date:  2012-12       Impact factor: 4.107

Review 3.  Acromegaly Caused by Ectopic Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone Secretion: A Review.

Authors:  Iga Zendran; Gabriela Gut; Marcin Kałużny; Katarzyna Zawadzka; Marek Bolanowski
Journal:  Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)       Date:  2022-06-09       Impact factor: 6.055

Review 4.  Ectopic acromegaly due to growth hormone releasing hormone.

Authors:  Ali A Ghazi; Alireza Amirbaigloo; Azizollah Abbasi Dezfooli; Navid Saadat; Siavash Ghazi; Marina Pourafkari; Farrokh Tirgari; Dheepti Dhall; Serguei Bannykh; Shlomo Melmed; Odelia Cooper
Journal:  Endocrine       Date:  2012-09-15       Impact factor: 3.633

5.  Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with acromegaly in a clinical practice setting in Spain: the ACROPRAXIS program Delphi survey.

Authors:  Pedro de Pablos-Velasco; Eva María Venegas; Cristina Álvarez Escolá; Carmen Fajardo; Paz de Miguel; Natividad González; Ignacio Bernabéu; Nuria Valdés; Miguel Paja; Juan José Díez; Betina Biagetti
Journal:  Pituitary       Date:  2020-04       Impact factor: 4.107

  5 in total

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