title: Ectopic ACTH syndrome due to bilateral ovarian androblastoma with double, gynandroblastic differentiation in one ovary.
abstract: A case of fulminant Cushing's syndrome due to an ectopic ACTH secretion in a patient with bilateral ovarian sex-cord stromal tumour is reported. Surgical resection of the ovaries as well as the inhibitors of steroid synthesis and cytostatics caused only transient improvement because the widespread neoplastic dissemination progressed very quickly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kasperlik-Zaluska
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sikorowa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ploch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soszyński
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jeske
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Migdalska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wysocki
mesh_terms: D000182:ACTH Syndrome, Ectopic / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018309:Neoplasms, Gonadal Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology*; D018310:Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*