ea0003p48 | Clinical Case Reports | BES2002
Park C
, Watson W
, Abraham P
, Acharya S
, Bandyopadhyay S
, Philip S
, Samuel L
, Nicolson M
, Bevan J
Thymic carcinoma is a rare but aggressive cause of ectopic ACTH secretion, with fewer than 100 reported cases.Hypokalaemic alkalosis was found in a 38 year old woman who presented with a 2-week history of leg swelling, fatigue and dyspnoea. She was not obviously Cushingoid.ACTH-dependent Cushing's Syndrome was confirmed biochemically: urinary free cortisol (UFC) >8500nmol/day and serum cortisol 4060nmol/l, (no suppression on 8...