Microwave Ablation as Primary Treatment for a Central Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Secreting Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumor in a Patient with Severe Cushing Syndrome

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2016 Nov;27(11):1763-1765. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.06.024.

Authors

Aaron W P Maxwell¹, Kelly C D'Amico¹, Damian E Dupuy¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Imaging The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903.

PMID: 27926416
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.06.024

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Ablation Techniques*
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / blood
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / metabolism*
Aged
Biomarkers, Tumor / blood
Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism*
Carcinoid Tumor / complications
Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoid Tumor / metabolism
Carcinoid Tumor / surgery*
Cushing Syndrome / blood
Cushing Syndrome / diagnosis
Cushing Syndrome / drug therapy
Cushing Syndrome / etiology*
Humans
Hydrocortisone / blood
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms / metabolism
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Male
Microwaves / therapeutic use*
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / complications
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / diagnostic imaging
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / metabolism
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / surgery*
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Hydrocortisone