| Cushing's syndrome and big IGF-II associated hypoglycaemia in a patient with adrenocortical carcinoma. | |
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PMID: 22461853 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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A 41-year-old woman had a general health examination and was diagnosed with a non-functioning adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). Despite surgery and chemotherapy with mitotane, the ACC progressed with metastases to the lymph nodes, liver and lung. Initially, she developed adrenal insufficiency and was treated with hydrocortisone. As the ACC progressed, it produced superabundant cortisol, resulting in clinically overt Cushing's syndrome. As the liver metastases grew, the patient developed hypoglycaemia with suppression of endogenous insulin secretion. She had to be given large quantities of glucose intravenously to remain normoglycaemic. The serum insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II/IGF-I ratio had increased to 84. We identified big IGF-II, a primary hormonal mediator of non-islet cell tumour hypoglycaemia (NICTH), in the serum and tumour using western blotting. This is the first case of ACC that showed both Cushing's syndrome and NICTH associated with big IGF-II. |
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Kazuhide Ishikura; Toshinari Takamura; Yumie Takeshita; Atsushi Nakagawa; Noriko Imaizumi; Hirofumi Misu; Komei Taji; Kazuo Kasahara; Yukinosuke Oshinoya; Shioto Suzuki; Akishi Ooi; Shuichi Kaneko |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-03-30 |
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Title: BMJ case reports Volume: 2010 ISSN: 1757-790X ISO Abbreviation: BMJ Case Rep Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2012-03-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101526291 Medline TA: BMJ Case Rep Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Department of Disease Control and Homeostasis, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8641, Japan. |
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