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Successful treatment for adrenocorticotropic hormone-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia with laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a case series [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Adrenocorticotropic hormone-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia, characterized by bilateral macronodular adrenal hypertrophy and autonomous cortisol production, is a rare cause of Cushing’s syndrome.
Ito Toshiki, Kurita Yutaka, Shinbo Hitoshi, Otsuka Atsushi, Furuse Hiroshi, Mugiya Soichi, Ushiyama Tomomi, Ozono Seiichiro, Oki Yutaka, Suzuki Kazuo   +9 more
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A case of nivolumab-induced isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
One of the novel PD-1 antibodies/immune checkpoint inhibitors, nivolumab is reported to be associated with a wide range of immune-related adverse events (irAEs). We hereby report a case of isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency developing
Yozo Sato, Yosuke Tanaka, Mitsunori Hino, Masahiro Seike, Akihiko Gemma   +4 more
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone analog use for podocytopathies

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2016
Edward J Filippone,1 Shirley J Dopson,2 Denise M Rivers,3 Rebeca D Monk,4 Suneel M Udani,5 Golriz Jafari,6 Solomon C Huang,6 Arafat Melhem,7 Bassim Assioun,7 Paul G Schmitz7 1Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College ...
Filippone EJ, Dopson SJ, Rivers DM, Monk RD, Udani SM, Jafari G, Huang SC, Melhem A, Assioun B, Schmitz PG   +9 more
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Isolated Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Deficiency Mimicking Systemic Sclerosis: A Diagnostic Challenge in Patients With Rheumatoid Symptoms. [PDF]

Cureus
Fujita Y, Hatazaki M.
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Cushing Syndrome Secondary to Ectopic ACTH Production in Pregnancy: A Case Report

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2022
Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone production is an extremely rare cause of Cushing syndrome in pregnancy and is associated with significant morbidity.
Wei-She Julia Tai, Richa Parihar, Mary Ellene Boulos, Hertzel Gerstein, Meera Luthra, Ahraaz Wyne   +5 more
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Association of serum insulin-like growth factor-1 and adrenocorticotropic hormone therapeutic response in patients with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol
Lin KN, Han F, Wang YY, Zhao W, Wang JW, Li H, Zhou YQ.   +6 more
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Median 10 years follow-up of patients with covert Cushing’s syndrome: a case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion syndrome occurs in 10% of all patients with adrenocorticotropic-hormone-dependent hypercortisolism. It is usually associated with overt malignancies or with occult and indolent tumors.
Farzad Najafipour, Amir Bahrami, Mitra Niafar, Jalil Houshyar, Monireh Halimi, Vahideh Sadra   +5 more
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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone in the Whale [PDF]

Nature, 1951
APART from a verbal communication1 on the isolation of adrenocorticotropic hormone from whale pituitaries, nothing has to our knowledge been published on the adrenocorticotropic principle of the whale. We therefore wish to report in brief the results of our first investigations into the subject.
F, BOE, H, HOLTERMANN, S, SALVESEN, K F, STOA, A, SVERDRUP   +4 more
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Focal seizures during adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy in a school-aged boy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy for infantile spasms, including West syndrome, has been previously reported to induce seizures. We present the findings for a school-aged child with epilepsy who developed new focal seizures during ...
Yoshitaka Ota, Shuichi Shimakawa, Hikaru Tsuda-Kitahara, Miho Fukui, Mitsuru Kashiwagi, Akira Ashida   +5 more
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ACTH-producing small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma from the gallbladder: a case report and literature review

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome (EAS) is a condition of hypercortisolism caused by non-pituitary tumors that secrete adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). A rare occurrence of this syndrome is due to an ACTH-producing neuroendocrine tumor that
Xiaofang Zhang, Dihua Huang, Xiaojie Pan, Qiya Si, Qiaoying You   +4 more
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