A case of ACTH-producing pheochromocytoma.
A woman with sustained hypertension, facial roundness, hirsutism, marked sweating, and generalized tremor was found to have a right adrenal pheochromocytoma. Elevated levels of serum cortisol, plasma ACTH, and serum catecholamines returned to normal after the tumor was removed. It was confirmed that enzymatically dispersed tumor cells produced ACTH and catecholamines concomitantly during in vitro incubation.
Sakurai
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
Yoshiike
Y
Y
Isahaya
S
S
Matsushita
H
H
Yamanaka
K
K
Okubo
T
T
Kanamori
H
H
Takahashi
H
H
Fu
T
T
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000328:Adult; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D013577:Syndrome
D002395:Catecholamines; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D006854:Hydrocortisone