[Often Only a Side Event, but Sometimes Groundbreaking - an Ectopic ACTH Secretion as an Example of a Paraneoplastic Syndrome].

[Often Only a Side Event, but Sometimes Groundbreaking - an Ectopic ACTH Secretion as an Example of a Paraneoplastic Syndrome]. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2020;109(7):517-519 Authors: Herda C, Steck SM, Fehr T, Camartin C Abstract Often Only a Side Event, but Sometimes Groundbreaking - an Ectopic ACTH Secretion as an Example of a Paraneoplastic Syndrome Abstract. Various tumors can cause a paraneoplastic ACTH production, particularly small-cell lung cancers. Patients suffer from a secondary Cushing syndrome with hypokalemia, hypertension, hyperglycemia and edema. There are three therapeutic approaches: treatment of the underlying disease, hormonal inhibition and symptomatic treatment. The prognosis of an ACTH-producing lung cancer is poor due to numerous complications. In the presented case study, the patient refused treatment of the underlying disease, therefore a palliative symptomatic treatment became of great importance. PMID: 32456584 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Praxis - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Praxis (Bern 1994) Source Type: research