ArticleCase reports in endocrinology2016
Unusual Cushing's Syndrome and Hypercalcitoninaemia due to a Small Cell Prostate Carcinoma.
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- Dual paraneoplastic syndrome with prostate cancer: A case of syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) and humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM).Urology case reports · 2025Article
- Ectopic Cushing syndrome in metastatic castration‑resistant prostate cancer: A case report and review of literature.Oncology letters · 2024Article
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- Comparison of diagnostic efficacy ofFrontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Cushing Syndrome as a Manifestation of Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer: A Rare Presentation Within a Rare Tumor.Cureus · 2021Article
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- Dual Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes Heralding Onset of Extrapulmonary Small Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report and Narrative Review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2018Article
- Severe Cushing's syndrome due to small cell prostate carcinoma: a case and review of literature.Endocrine connections · 2017Review
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Abstract
A 75-year-old man was hospitalized because of severe hypokalaemia due to ACTH dependent Cushing's syndrome. Total body computed tomography (TBCT) and 68 Gallium DOTATATE PET/CT localized a voluminous prostate tumour. A subsequent transurethral prostate biopsy documented a small cell carcinoma positive for ACTH and calcitonin and negative for prostatic specific antigen (PSA) at immunocytochemical study; serum prostatic specific antigen (PSA) was normal. Despite medical treatments, Cushing's syndrome was not controlled and the patient's clinical condition progressively worsened. Surgical resection was excluded; the patient underwent a cycle of chemotherapy followed by febrile neutropenia and fatal intestinal perforation. This case report describes a rare case of Cushing's syndrome and hypercalcitoninaemia due to a small cell carcinoma of the prostate, a rare tumour with very few therapeutic options and negative prognosis.
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