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Journal of the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy

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The importance of recognizing paraneoplastic symptoms: a case report of Neuroendocrine Small Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium presenting as Paraneoplastic Cushing’s Syndrome.

A Doukhopelnikoff1, G Debrock2, T Steelandt3, ETM De Jonge4

1 KULeuven, Faculty of Medicine, Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
2 Department of Oncology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Campus St Jan, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
3 Department of Pathology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Campus St Jan, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium
4 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Campus St Jan, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium. 

Keywords:

Corpus uteri, Carcinoma, Cushing’s syndrome, Paraneoplastic syndrome, Small cell carcinoma, euroendocrine 


Published online: Oct 25 2017

Abstract

This is the second well documented case of paraneoplastic Cushing’s syndrome arising from a small cell carcinoma of the endometrium described in English literature. This tumour has an aggressive biological behaviour and early detection provides the only opportunity for long-term survival. In that regard recognition of associated paraneo- plastic features might be helpful.