Treatment of an adrenal cortical carcinoma with a combination of o,p'-DDD and aminoglutethimide.
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A patient with Cushing's syndrome due to an adrenocortical carcinoma is described. Treatment of residual disease and functional metastases was attempted with o,p'-DDD and later aminoglutethimide. Aminoglutethimide in a daily dose of 1 g appeared to have little effect additional to o,p'-DDD. It is important to maintain replacement therapy with cortico-steroids throughout the use of these drugs.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 51 591 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1975