Endocrine Abstracts

Ectopic ACTH secretion due to malignant tumor is the most frequently underdiagnosed form of Cushing`s syndrome .A 41-year old woman was admitted to our Center with severe hypertension, oedema, oligomenorrhea which developed 5 months ago. The purpose of admittion was to exclude the endocrine genesis of the clinical features. There were no biochemical alterations. Suprisingly, high levels of urinary cortisol (>8000nmol/l) and plasma ACTH (morning 136 ng...