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Cushing syndrome due to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion in a 3-year-old child

  • Patrizia Matarazzo EMAIL logo , Gerdi Tuli , Daniele Tessaris , Francesca Verna , Ivana Rabbone , Antonella Lezo , Andrea Brunati , Mauro Salizzoni , Giulia Carbonaro , Massimo Terzolo , Giuseppe Reimondo , Mauro Papotti and Roberto Lala

Abstract

Ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) secretion is a rare cause of Cushing syndrome in paediatric age, due to tumours arising from different tissues. To date, only 11 reports of ACTH-secreting pancreatic tumours in children and adolescents exist in the literature. We present a paediatric case of Cushing syndrome caused by ectopic ACTH secretion. This was caused by a large acinar cell carcinoma that developed in the pancreas of a 3-year-old girl.


Corresponding author: Dr. Patrizia Matarazzo, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University of Torino, Regina Margherita Children Hospital, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126, Torino, Italy Phone: +39-011-3131790

Published Online: 2011-04-14
Published in Print: 2011-04-01

©2011 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York

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