Van Schaeybroeck S, Van Imschoot S, Cochez P
Department of Endocrinology, AZ Sint Jan, Ruddershove 10, 8000 Bruges.
Acta Clin Belg. 2002 Jan-Feb;57(1):23-5. doi: 10.1179/acb.2002.006.
Investigating a recently developed Cushing Syndrome, we diagnosed in a 47-year-old woman an ectopic ACTH syndrome due to a metastatic carcinoid tumor, most likely a thymic carcinoid tumor. Combined therapy with sandostatin and nizoral and later on with sandostatin, metopirone and orimeten, was not able to suppress the hypercortisolism. A few weeks after surgical adrenalectomy, clinical deterioration ensued, culminating in the patient's death 7 months after diagnosis.
