Paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes/Definition

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Paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes [r]: Syndromes resulting from inappropriate production of hormones or hormone-like materials by neoplasms in non-endocrine tissues or not by the usual endocrine glands. Such hormone outputs are called ectopic hormone secretion.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2023), Paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.