Excessive Muscle Paralysis Due to Pulmonary Carcinoid —A Case Report

Excessive Muscle Paralysis Due to Pulmonary Carcinoid —A Case Report

We present the case of a 58-year-old woman with a renin secreting typical bronchopulmonary carcinoid. This patient showed hypotension, constipation and fatigue due to extensive hypokaliemia (K =1.9 meq/L). Aldosterone (102.7 ng/100 mL) and renin (46 ng/mL) were excessively elevated at that time, but...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tryfon, Stavros, Parisis, Valantis, Ioannis, Kakoulidis, Saroglou, Maria, Leonidas, Sakkas, Despina, Dimopoulou, Asterios, Karagyannis, Alexandros, Garyfallos
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Libertas Academica 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342021/
id pubmed-3342021
recordtype oai_dc
spelling pubmed-33420212012-05-04 Excessive Muscle Paralysis Due to Pulmonary Carcinoid —A Case Report Tryfon, Stavros Parisis, Valantis Ioannis, Kakoulidis Saroglou, Maria Leonidas, Sakkas Despina, Dimopoulou Asterios, Karagyannis Alexandros, Garyfallos Case Report We present the case of a 58-year-old woman with a renin secreting typical bronchopulmonary carcinoid. This patient showed hypotension, constipation and fatigue due to extensive hypokaliemia (K =1.9 meq/L). Aldosterone (102.7 ng/100 mL) and renin (46 ng/mL) were excessively elevated at that time, but cortisol level was normal. Routine chest roentgenography and computed tomography revealed a nodular lesion in the upper left lung lobe, which was suspicious for a neurosecretory pulmonary tumor. The final diagnosis was made by using bronchoscopic procedures and the histologically diagnosis was compatible as a typical pulmonary carcinoid. The tumor was resected curatively, and the renin and aldosterone level became normal. A year after the patient looks healthy. Libertas Academica 2012-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3342021/ /pubmed/22563250 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S9227 Text en © the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited.
repository_type Open Access Journal
institution_category Foreign Institution
institution US National Center for Biotechnology Information
building NCBI PubMed
collection Online Access
language English
format Online
author Tryfon, Stavros
Parisis, Valantis
Ioannis, Kakoulidis
Saroglou, Maria
Leonidas, Sakkas
Despina, Dimopoulou
Asterios, Karagyannis
Alexandros, Garyfallos
spellingShingle Tryfon, Stavros
Parisis, Valantis
Ioannis, Kakoulidis
Saroglou, Maria
Leonidas, Sakkas
Despina, Dimopoulou
Asterios, Karagyannis
Alexandros, Garyfallos
Excessive Muscle Paralysis Due to Pulmonary Carcinoid —A Case Report
author_facet Tryfon, Stavros
Parisis, Valantis
Ioannis, Kakoulidis
Saroglou, Maria
Leonidas, Sakkas
Despina, Dimopoulou
Asterios, Karagyannis
Alexandros, Garyfallos
author_sort Tryfon, Stavros
title Excessive Muscle Paralysis Due to Pulmonary Carcinoid —A Case Report
title_short Excessive Muscle Paralysis Due to Pulmonary Carcinoid —A Case Report
title_full Excessive Muscle Paralysis Due to Pulmonary Carcinoid —A Case Report
title_fullStr Excessive Muscle Paralysis Due to Pulmonary Carcinoid —A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Excessive Muscle Paralysis Due to Pulmonary Carcinoid —A Case Report
title_sort excessive muscle paralysis due to pulmonary carcinoid —a case report
description We present the case of a 58-year-old woman with a renin secreting typical bronchopulmonary carcinoid. This patient showed hypotension, constipation and fatigue due to extensive hypokaliemia (K =1.9 meq/L). Aldosterone (102.7 ng/100 mL) and renin (46 ng/mL) were excessively elevated at that time, but cortisol level was normal. Routine chest roentgenography and computed tomography revealed a nodular lesion in the upper left lung lobe, which was suspicious for a neurosecretory pulmonary tumor. The final diagnosis was made by using bronchoscopic procedures and the histologically diagnosis was compatible as a typical pulmonary carcinoid. The tumor was resected curatively, and the renin and aldosterone level became normal. A year after the patient looks healthy.
publisher Libertas Academica
publishDate 2012
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342021/
_version_ 1611526406028656640

Similar Items