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Unusual ectopic ACTH syndrome in a patient with orbital neuroendocrine tumor, resulted false-positive outcome of BIPSS:a case report.

Huiwen TanDawei ChenYerong YuKai YuWeiming HeBowen CaiSu JiangYing TangNanwei TongZhen-Mei An
Published in: BMC endocrine disorders (2020)
We reported a rare case of endogenous Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic ACTH secreting from an orbital neuroendocrine tumor. This unique case of orbital EAS suggests that orbital venous blood backflow, owning to abnormal anatomic structures, may possibly lead to false positive BIPSS results.
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  • rare case
  • case report