Bronchial carcinoid secreting insulin-like growth factor-1 with acromegalic features.
Acromegaly caused by a bronchial carcinoid tumor is rare. We report a patient with acromegaly caused by a bronchial carcinoid tumor secreting insulin-like growth factor-1. The patient was treated successfully with bilobectomy.
Phillips
Joseph D
JD
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Yeldandi
Anjana
A
Blum
Mathew
M
de Hoyos
Alberto
A
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I