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10417976

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
An 8 year-old girl had a cushingoid appearance for six months. Hormone study showed extremely high serum levels of cortisol (> 60 micrograms/dl) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (930 pg/ml). Initial chest X-ray showed nothing unusual, but a technetium-99mm MIBI scan showed an accumulation lesion in the left upper chest cavity. Chest magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated that the mass was in the superior anterior mediastinum. She had complete removal of the tumor with partial thymectomy. The pathology revealed a thymic carcinoid tumor. Carcinoid tumors of the thymus are extremely rare in children and they usually present with Cushing's syndrome. To our knowledge, this is the youngest patient who has ever been reported with this disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0334-018X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
573-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Ectopic ACTH syndrome due to thymic carcinoid tumor in a girl.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports