Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Secreting, Subcentimetre Lung Carcinoid Identified by 68Gallium-DOTATATE Positron Emission Tomography Scan
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2019, Vol 19, Issue 2
Abstract
A64-year-old male patient presented to the endocrine clinic at David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, in 2018 with fatigue and weight gain for 1.5 years and bilateral thigh muscle pain and weakness for a few months. He also had hypertension and type-2 diabetes but no known osteoporosis. Physical examination noted Cushingoid features—such as truncal obesity and proximal amyotrophy; therefore, Cushing’s syndrome was suspected. He did not take corticosteroids. Levels of 24-hour urinary free cortisol, midnight salivary cortisol, morning cortisol levels after 1 mg dexamethasone and random morning adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) were elevated over multiple measurements.
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Run Yu
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- EP ID EP49979
- DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2019.19.02.016
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