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    Cushing's syndrome associated with thymic tumour in a 32 year old Zambian African female

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    Date
    1976-06
    Author
    Mpofu, P.
    Amin, EI A. M.
    Nyelesani, E. K.
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
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    Abstract
    As early as 1928 Brown noticed the association of Cushing's Syndrome with Bronchial Carcinoma.Since then, similar cases have been recorded by different authors with increasing frequency. Biochemical and bioassay techniques have left little doubt that under these circumstances the adrenal hypersecretion responsible for the Gushing Syndrome is the result of stimulation of Adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) or by an adrenocorticotrophin-like hormone elaborated by the malignant cells themselves. Recently, extra-adrenal carcinomas, especially those arising from thymus, the ovaries and the pancreas have been shown to produce similar adrenal hyperactivity with overt clinical and biochemical Cushing's Syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, however, none of these conditions have been described in the Southern African or Zambian Medical Literature.
    URI
    http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/5925
    Citation
    Mpofu, P., Amin, EI A. M. and Nyelesani, E. K. (1976). Cushing's syndrome associated with thymic tumour in a 32 year old Zambian African female. Medical Journal of Zambia. 10, (3)
    Sponsorship
    Office of Global AIDS/US Department of State.
    Publisher
    Medical Journal of Zambia
    Subject
    Thymic Tumour
    Bronchial Carcinoma
    Adrenalectomy
    Description
    Cushing's Syndrome with Bronchial Carcinoma.
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