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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Jan 15, 2010; 2(1): 56-58
Published online Jan 15, 2010. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v2.i1.56
Cushing’s syndrome caused by an ACTH-producing large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder
Dagmar Lin, Nuntra Suwantarat, Sandi Kwee, Michelle Miyashiro
Dagmar Lin, Nuntra Suwantarat, Department of Internal Medicine and John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
Sandi Kwee, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
Michelle Miyashiro, Department of Oncology, Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
Author contributions: Lin D, Suwantarat N, Kwee S and Miyashiro M designed research; Lin D performed research; Kwee S contributed and formatted imaging; Miyashiro M contributed to oncological part; Lin D wrote the paper with assistance of Suwantarat N and Kwee S.
Correspondence to: Dagmar Lin, MD, Department of Internal Medicine and John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States. dagmarl@hawaii.edu
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Received: August 12, 2009
Revised: September 2, 2009
Accepted: September 9, 2009
Published online: January 15, 2010
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