Rare case of Cushing’s caused by CRH-secreting thyroid tumor
For a man in Denmark, Cushing’s syndrome developed as a result of a medullary thyroid carcinoma — a tumor that formed in the thyroid gland in the neck and released corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), a hormone that triggers cortisol production. During the workup, however, results of inferior petrosal sinus sampling,…