ea0081ep96 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology | ECE2022
Maisuradze Guranda
, Kalandadze Salome
Introduction: Ectopic Cushings syndrome (ECS) is a condition caused by an ACTH-secreting tumor outside the pituitary or adrenal glands. Most cases are caused by neuroendocrine tumors of the lung, pancreas, thymus or medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. Small-cell carcinomas of the lung are probably the most common cause of biochemical hypercortisolism. About 15% of Cushings syndrome cases are due to ECS.Case description: A 27-year-old male pat...