LABORATORY FINDINGS
LABORATORY FINDINGS Part of “CHAPTER 76 – ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY“ The complete blood count can show a normocytic, normochromic anemia; neutropenia and eosinophilia (rarely >10%); and a relative lymphocytosis. Common chemical…
SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS
SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS Part of “CHAPTER 76 – ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY“ The symptoms and signs of primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency can be categorized as related to the chronic and acute…
SECONDARY ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY
SECONDARY ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY Part of “CHAPTER 76 – ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY“ Secondary adrenal insufficiency has three causes: adrenal suppression after exogenous glucocorticoid or ACTH administration, adrenal suppression after the correction of…
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,…
