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Tumor Lysis Syndrome in an Unusual Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor with Ectopic ACTH Secretion

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  1. Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Michael Shusterman

  2. Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Hofheimer Main, Room 111, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Aditi Shastri

  3. Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Noah A. Bloomgarden

  4. Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Susan T. Sotardi

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Shusterman, M., Bloomgarden, N.A., Sotardi, S.T. et al. Tumor Lysis Syndrome in an Unusual Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor with Ectopic ACTH Secretion. J Gastrointest Canc 47, 423–428 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-015-9755-7

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