Pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma in a patient with acromegaly: a rare entity
A 56-years-old woman was referred to our unit for partially treated acromegaly. She had a high level of insulin growth factor. She did not complain of any pulmonary symptoms and was a non-smoker. Physical examination revealed clinical features of acromegaly. She had a 13 mm pituitary adenoma and was...
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| author | Siham El Aziz Asma Chadli Atika Obbiba Hassan El Ghomari Ahmed Farouqi |
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| description | A 56-years-old woman was referred to our unit for partially treated acromegaly. She had a high level of insulin growth factor. She did not complain of any pulmonary symptoms and was a non-smoker. Physical examination revealed clinical features of acromegaly. She had a 13 mm pituitary adenoma and was proposed for surgical intervention. Her chest X-ray showed a right paracardiac tumor. Computed tomography scan revealed a large right-sided fowler tumor. Pituitary surgery was cancelled and lobectomy after biopsy with lymph nodes excision was performed through thoracotomy. Histological study of the tumor revealed a medium differentiated epidermoid carcinoma with positive lymph nodes and extension to pleura. She was referred to chemotherapy protocol. Association between carcinoma and acromegaly has previously been reported. Most common tumors are colorectal and thyroid neoplasia. As we see in this case report, we need to consider other carcinomas in acromegalic patients like pulmonary carcinoma, despite their rarity in women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f02ddbdad3ea4909b0d61ae3550afea62022-12-22T01:34:20ZengThe Pan African Medical JournalThe Pan African Medical Journal1937-86881937-86882012-06-01122710.11604/pamj.2012.12.27.15591559Pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma in a patient with acromegaly: a rare entitySiham El Aziz0Asma Chadli1Atika Obbiba2Hassan El Ghomari3Ahmed Farouqi4 Department of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, Ibn Rochd Universitary hospital, Casablanca, Morocco Department of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, Ibn Rochd Universitary hospital, Casablanca, Morocco Department of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, Ibn Rochd Universitary hospital, Casablanca, Morocco Department of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, Ibn Rochd Universitary hospital, Casablanca, Morocco Department of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, Ibn Rochd Universitary hospital, Casablanca, Morocco A 56-years-old woman was referred to our unit for partially treated acromegaly. She had a high level of insulin growth factor. She did not complain of any pulmonary symptoms and was a non-smoker. Physical examination revealed clinical features of acromegaly. She had a 13 mm pituitary adenoma and was proposed for surgical intervention. Her chest X-ray showed a right paracardiac tumor. Computed tomography scan revealed a large right-sided fowler tumor. Pituitary surgery was cancelled and lobectomy after biopsy with lymph nodes excision was performed through thoracotomy. Histological study of the tumor revealed a medium differentiated epidermoid carcinoma with positive lymph nodes and extension to pleura. She was referred to chemotherapy protocol. Association between carcinoma and acromegaly has previously been reported. Most common tumors are colorectal and thyroid neoplasia. As we see in this case report, we need to consider other carcinomas in acromegalic patients like pulmonary carcinoma, despite their rarity in women. https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/12/27/pdf/27.pdf acromegalycarcinomapulmonary neoplasiapituitary adenomaepidermoid carcinoma |
| spellingShingle | Siham El Aziz Asma Chadli Atika Obbiba Hassan El Ghomari Ahmed Farouqi Pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma in a patient with acromegaly: a rare entity The Pan African Medical Journal acromegaly carcinoma pulmonary neoplasia pituitary adenoma epidermoid carcinoma |
| title | Pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma in a patient with acromegaly: a rare entity |
| title_full | Pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma in a patient with acromegaly: a rare entity |
| title_fullStr | Pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma in a patient with acromegaly: a rare entity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma in a patient with acromegaly: a rare entity |
| title_short | Pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma in a patient with acromegaly: a rare entity |
| title_sort | pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma in a patient with acromegaly a rare entity |
| topic | acromegaly carcinoma pulmonary neoplasia pituitary adenoma epidermoid carcinoma |
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