NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR, DIAGNOSTIC DIFFICULTIES

Neuroendocrine Tumor, diagnostic difficulties

Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion is a rare disease.A 51 years old woman, with a Cushing syndrome secondary to ectopic ACTH secretion, diagnosed in 2009, with mediastinal lymphadenopathy, whose biopsy was compatible with lung small cell carcinoma, staged as IIIB using TNM classification.No other lesions were found in patient stud

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Inhibition of EZH2 alleviates SAHA-induced senescence-associated secretion phenotype in small cell lung cancer cells

Abstract Chemotherapy has been widely used in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) treatment in the past decades.However, Storage SCLC is easy to recur after chemotherapy.The senescence of cancer cells during chemotherapy is one of the effective therapeutic strategies to inhibit the progression of cancer.Nevertheless, the senescence-associated secretion p

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An unusual presentation of subacute Haemophilus parainfluenzae endocarditis in a low-risk woman treated by minimally invasive mitral valve repair: a case report

Abstract Background HACEK endocarditis is usually insidious and can often be difficult to diagnose due to the slow-growing nature of the organisms.This report presents our experience in treating a patient with Haemophilus parainfluenzae endocarditis.Case presentation We describe the case of a previously fit and well 23 year-old woman who presented

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