@article {Kleinig432, author = {Paul Kleinig and Patrick Russell}, title = {Lesson of the month 2: An unusual cause of depression in an older man: Cushing{\textquoteright}s syndrome resulting from metastatic small cell cancer of the prostate}, volume = {18}, number = {5}, pages = {432--434}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.7861/clinmedicine.18-5-432}, publisher = {Royal College of Physicians}, abstract = {This article describes the case of an older patient whose main presenting problem was depression. A constellation of clinical and biochemical features led to a search for medical causes of his low mood, which uncovered ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion. Post-mortem examination showed that the source of ACTH was small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the prostate, and that the patient had died from the sequelae of profound immune suppression.}, issn = {1470-2118}, URL = {https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/18/5/432}, eprint = {https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/18/5/432.full.pdf}, journal = {Clinical Medicine} }