PRIMARY ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY
PRIMARY ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY Part of “CHAPTER 76 – ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY“ The two main causes of primary adrenal disease are tuberculosis and autoimmune adrenal destruction.1 The latter is a component of…
SYNDROMES OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY
SYNDROMES OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY Part of “CHAPTER 76 – ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY“ Related posts: REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND BINDING PROTEIN GONADOTROPE ADENOMAS OF THE PITUITARY PROLACTIN HYPERSECRETION DEFINITIONS…
ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY
ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY D. Lynn Loriaux SYNDROMES OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY PRIMARY ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY Related posts: CONTRASEXUAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IDIOPATHIC OR CYCLIC EDEMA ALOPECIA EFFECTS ON BONE MINERAL DENSITY CALCIUM BALANCE DURING…
TREATMENT OF CUSHING DISEASE
TREATMENT OF CUSHING DISEASE Part of “CHAPTER 75 – CUSHING SYNDROME“ Optimal treatment of Cushing disease depends on an accurate diagnosis of the underlying pathology. Four approaches are used in…
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CUSHING-TYPE HYPERCORTISOLISM AND PSEUDO–CUSHING SYNDROME
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CUSHING-TYPE HYPERCORTISOLISM AND PSEUDO–CUSHING SYNDROME Part of “CHAPTER 75 – CUSHING SYNDROME“ The biochemical and phenotypic presentation of patients with mild hypercortisolism in Cushing syndrome is often…
PSEUDO–CUSHING SYNDROME
PSEUDO–CUSHING SYNDROME Part of “CHAPTER 75 – CUSHING SYNDROME“ Hypercortisolism may exist in patients who do not have true Cushing syndrome. These patients experience obesity, depression, alcoholism, anorexia nervosa, bulimia,…
ANATOMIC LOCALIZATION
ANATOMIC LOCALIZATION Part of “CHAPTER 75 – CUSHING SYNDROME“ DETECTION OF PITUITARY LESIONS After the diagnosis of Cushing disease has been established on clinical and biochemical grounds, the presence of…
CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS
CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS Part of “CHAPTER 75 – CUSHING SYNDROME“ The clinical manifestations of Cushing syndrome are determined by the increased abnormal secretion of cortisol, ACTH, and other adrenocortical steroids under…
CORTICOTROPIN-INDEPENDENT CUSHING SYNDROME
CORTICOTROPIN-INDEPENDENT CUSHING SYNDROME Part of “CHAPTER 75 – CUSHING SYNDROME“ Primary nodular hyperplasia, adrenocortical adenomas, and carcinomas as well as rare cases of ectopic cortisol production by tumor are found…
