Boffill CS, Valdés LN, Fernández GS, Pereda PM

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

What the case brings again?: the interesting contribution of this case is the infrequent association between bronchial carcinoid tumor and pituitary macrotumor, both producers of growth hormone and responsible for the genesis of overt acromegaly in this patient. We present a clinical case of a female patient diagnosed with a left bronchial carcinoid tumor in 2006 in the pneumology department of the Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital with paraneoplastic manifestations of acromegaly, which re-enters at 10 years of age with recurrence of manifestations of the endocrine disease. It was initially attributed to the lung injury. Main clinical symptoms: respiratory manifestations due to dyspnea, cough and hemoptoic sputum. Main clinical signs: acromegaloidea fascia, enlarged hands and feet and sausage fingers. Diagnoses: left bronchial carcinoid tumor and pituitary adenoma producing GH, which underwent left pneumectomy in 2006 and pituitary adenomectomy in 2018 respectively. Relevant results: regression of the clinical picture, decrease in GH levels and absence of tumor lesion in the imaging studies. Conclusions: the association between two concomitant clinical entities responsible for acromegaly is little known in the medical literature.