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Bronchial Carcinoid Tumors Causing Cushing's Syndrome: More Aggressive Behavior and the Need for Early Diagnosis  Guillaume Boddaert, MD, Bertrand Grand,

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1 Bronchial Carcinoid Tumors Causing Cushing's Syndrome: More Aggressive Behavior and the Need for Early Diagnosis  Guillaume Boddaert, MD, Bertrand Grand, MD, Francoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, MD, PhD, Aurélie Cazes, MD, PhD, Xavier Bertagna, MD, Marc Riquet, MD, PhD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 94, Issue 6, Pages (December 2012) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Diagnostic process in case of Cushing's syndrome caused by ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion. (ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone; BCT = bronchial carcinoid tumor; CT= computed tomography; CRH = corticotropin-releasing hormone; CS = Cushing's syndrome; 18F-DOPA-PET = 18fluoro-dihydroxyphenylalanine positron emission tomography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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