Literature DB >> 19766843

Bronchial carcinoid secreting insulin-like growth factor-1 with acromegalic features.

Joseph D Phillips1, Anjana Yeldandi, Mathew Blum, Alberto de Hoyos.   

Abstract

Acromegaly caused by a bronchial carcinoid tumor is rare. We report a patient with acromegaly caused by a bronchial carcinoid tumor secreting insulin-like growth factor-1. The patient was treated successfully with bilobectomy.

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Year:  2009        PMID: 19766843     DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.042

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


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Authors:  Claudia Böttger; Arne Warth; Peter P Nawroth; Berend Isermann
Journal:  Med Klin (Munich)       Date:  2010-04

2.  Sustained response to FOLFOX and Bevacizumab in metastatic bronchial carcinoid - A case report and review of the literature.

Authors:  Ikechukwu Akunyili; Monica T Garcia-Buitrago; Jessica Macintyre; Joe Levi; Caio M Rocha Lima
Journal:  J Gastrointest Oncol       Date:  2011-06

Review 3.  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
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