Carcinoid tumour of the thymus with Cushing's syndrome.
A 29-yr-old male developed Cushing's syndrome with severe hypokalaemia, alkalosis and hypernatraemia. He died with Pseudomonas septicaemia and Nocardia pneumonia. At autopsy he was found to have a carcinoid tumour of the thymus which was not suspected before death, and marked bilateral hyperplasia of the adrenal cortex.
D000328:Adult; D000471:Alkalosis / Q000209:etiology; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology