Acromegaly caused by ectopic growth hormone-releasing hormone secretion by a carcinoid bronchial tumor: a rare entity.
Athanassiadi
Kalliopi
K
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece. kallatha@otenet.gr
Exarchos
Dimitrios
D
Tsagarakis
Stylianos
S
Bellenis
Ion
I
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009384:Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes / Q000150:complications*
D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone