Failure of somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995 to control Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic release of ACTH from a bronchial carcinoid |
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| Authors: | L Burrell C E Gray J A Thomson |
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| Affiliation: | University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. |
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| Abstract: | A patient with ectopic Cushing's syndrome secondary to a malignant thymic carcinoid tumour was treated with the somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995. The administration of the drug subcutaneously in increasing doses over a 34 day period failed to control the ACTH or glucocorticoid excess. |
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