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Isolated Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Deficiency (ACTH) Associated with Hashimoto's Disease [PDF]

Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2014
Isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency (IAD) is a rare disease characterized by secondary adrenal insufficiency with low cortisol production and normal secretion of pituitary hormones other than ACTH.
Emine Binnetoğlu, Mehmet Aşık, Hacer Şen, Fahri Güneş, Betül Kızıldağ, Erdem Akbal, Zeliha Tekeli, Kubilay Ukinç   +7 more
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A case of isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency: a rare but possible cause of hypercalcemia

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2015
Yumi Harano,1 Atsuko Kitano,2 Yurika Akiyama,1 Lisa Kotajima,1 Kazufumi Honda,1 Hiroko Arioka11Department of General Internal Medicine, 2Department of Medical Oncology, St Luke’s International Medical Center, Tokyo, JapanAbstract: A 52-year-old ...
Harano Y, Kitano A, Akiyama Y, Kotajima L, Honda K, Arioka H   +5 more
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Higher Concentration of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Predicts Post-Stroke Depression

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2022
Yanyan Wang,1 He Wang,2 Wenzhe Sun,1 Jinfeng Miao,1 Wenwen Liang,1 Xiuli Qiu,1 Yan Lan,1 Chensheng Pan,1 Guo Li,1 Xin Zhao,1 Zhou Zhu,1 Suiqiang Zhu1 1Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and ...
Wang Y, Wang H, Sun W, Miao J, Liang W, Qiu X, Lan Y, Pan C, Li G, Zhao X, Zhu Z, Zhu S   +11 more
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Internal jugular vein adrenocorticotropic hormone estimation for diagnosis of adrenocorticotropic hormone-dependent Cushing′s syndrome: Ultrasound-guided direct jugular vein sample collection

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012
Aim of Study: To assess the utility of internal jugular vein (IJV) / peripheral adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) gradient in determining the etiology of ACTH- dependent Cushing′s syndrome.
Jaya Prakash Sahoo, Ashu Seith, Nandita Gupta, Sadanand Dwivedi, Ariachery C Ammini   +4 more
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Cortisol response to low dose versus standard dose (back-to-back) adrenocorticotrophic stimulation tests in children and young adults with thalassemia major

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2013
Background: Thalassemia major patients with repeated blood transfusion have high prevalence of endocrinopathies due to iron overload. Materials and Methods: We examined the adrenocortical function in 23 thalassemic patients (10 children and 13 young ...
Ashraf T Soliman, Mohamed Yassin, Nadra M. S. Abdel Majuid, Aml Sabt, Mohamed O Abdulrahman, Vincenzo De Sanctis   +5 more
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Pituitary deficiency after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Clinics, 2013
OBJECTIVE: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage puts patients at high risk for the development of pituitary insufficiency. We evaluated the incidence of pituitary dysfunction in these patients and its correlation with clinical outcome. METHODS: Pituitary
Julio Leonardo Barbosa Pereira, Lucas Alverne Freitas de Albuquerque, Marcos Dellaretti, Gervásio Teles Cardoso de Carvalho, Gerival Vieira Jr, Vitor Michelstaedter Brochado, Austen Venâncio Drummond, Joyce Espeschit de Morais, Leticia Maia Ferreira, Paulo Augusto Carvalho Miranda, Atos Alves de Sousa   +10 more
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Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome associated with olfactory neuroblastoma: acquirement of adrenocorticotropic hormone expression during disease course as shown by serial immunohistochemistry examinations

Journal of International Medical Research, 2018
Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome (EAS) is a condition of endogenous hypercortisolism sustained by an extrapituitary ACTH-secreting tumor.
Manabu Kadoya, Masafumi Kurajoh, Akio Miyoshi, Takuhito Shoji, Tomonori Terada, Yuji Nakamoto, Yoshitane Tsukamoto, Yuji Moriwaki, Seiichi Hirota, Hidenori Koyama   +9 more
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The value of serum levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate as a screening test for late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo), 2006
Objective: To evaluate the use of serum level of dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate as a screening test for late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia.Methods: Fourteen hirsute women with elevated serum levels ofdehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, 17 hirsute women
Marcos Yorghi Khoury, Edmund Chada Baracat, Dolores Perovano Pardini, Rita de Cássia Castro, Odilon Victor Porto Denardin, Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima   +5 more
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Hypopituarism - Not such an obvious symptom

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
This paper presents the case of a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge of a young 33-year-old man from Poland, who initially reported few symptoms and eventually turned out to be an interesting endocrine case The pituitary gland is the central ...
Monika Grzybek, Barbara Wilczyńska, Anna Kasprzak, Monika Kułaga, Diana Mazur-Lesińska, Barbara Szostak, Sylwia Wielgosz-Biała, Krzysztof Tyszkiewicz, Borys Łozowski, Małgorzata Kasprzak   +9 more
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Aggressive prolactinomas in men are associated with visual disturbances and pituitary hormone deficiencies

Scientific Reports
Prolactinomas/lactotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumors are ten times less frequent in men than in women and their characteristics are less well known.
Everardo J. Díaz-López, Rocío Villar-Taibo, Eva Fernández-Rodríguez, Laura Cotovad-Bellas, Alberto Pena-Dubra, Teresa Prado-Moraña, Gemma Rodríguez-Carnero, Kelly Vargas-Osorio, José Manuel Cameselle-Teijeiro, Ignacio Bernabéu   +9 more
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