title: Excessive muscle paralysis due to pulmonary carcinoid -a case report.
abstract: We present the case of a 58-year-old woman with a renin secreting typical bronchopulmonary carcinoid. This patient showed hypotension, constipation and fatigue due to extensive hypokaliemia (K =1.9 meq/L). Aldosterone (102.7 ng/100 mL) and renin (46 ng/mL) were excessively elevated at that time, but cortisol level was normal. Routine chest roentgenography and computed tomography revealed a nodular lesion in the upper left lung lobe, which was suspicious for a neurosecretory pulmonary tumor. The final diagnosis was made by using bronchoscopic procedures and the histologically diagnosis was compatible as a typical pulmonary carcinoid. The tumor was resected curatively, and the renin and aldosterone level became normal. A year after the patient looks healthy.
authors.affiliation: 1st Pulmonary Clinic, General Hospital "G. Papanikolaou"
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tryfon
authors.forename: Valantis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Parisis
authors.forename: Kakoulidis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ioannis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saroglou
authors.forename: Sakkas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leonidas
authors.forename: Dimopoulou
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Despina
authors.forename: Karagyannis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asterios
authors.forename: Garyfallos
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alexandros