ArticleBMJ case reports2017
Ectopic ACTH syndrome complicated by multiple opportunistic infections treated with percutaneous ablation of the adrenal glands.
Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome withThe Journal of international medical research · 2026Review
- Bilateral Adrenal Ablation for the Treatment of Ectopic ACTH Syndrome With Severe Hypokalemia: A Case Report and a Literature Review.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Utilization of bilateral percutaneous microwave ablation of the adrenal glands in ectopic Cushing's syndrome.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
- Multiple concomitant life-threatening opportunistic infections due to uncontrolled hypercortisolism.IDCases · 2022Article
- Unusual ectopic ACTH syndrome in a patient with orbital neuroendocrine tumor, resulted false-positive outcome of BIPSS:a case report.BMC endocrine disorders · 2020Article
- Percutaneous Bilateral Adrenal Radiofrequency Ablation in Severe Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-dependent Cushing Syndrome.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2020Article
- Arterial thrombosis as primary presentation of endogenous Cushing's syndrome.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
- Cytomegalovirus antigenemia in patients with autoimmune and non-autoimmune diseases in Beijing: A 10-year single hospital experience.PloS one · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-related Cushing's syndrome can lead to multiple complications including severe immunosuppression. If the ACTH-secreting tumour cannot be found, definitive treatment is surgical adrenalectomy, typically followed by glucocorticoid replacement. Here, we present a case of fulminant respiratory failure secondary to coinfection with
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.