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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2012 Cushing’s disease, or pituitary ACTH dependent Cushing’s syndrome, is a rare disease responsible for increased morbidity and mortality. Signs and symptoms of hypercortisolism are usually non specific: obesity, signs of protein wasting, increased blood ...
Castinetti Frederic +3 more
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Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019 In patients with Cushing’s disease (CD), prompt diagnosis and treatment are essential for favorable long-term outcomes, although this remains a challenging task. The differential diagnosis of CD is still difficult in some patients, even with an organized stepwise diagnostic approach.
Nishioka, Hiroshi, Yamada, Shozo
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A rare case of an ACTH/CRH co-secreting midgut neuroendocrine tumor mimicking Cushing’s disease
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2017 Ectopic ACTH/CRH co-secreting tumors are a very rare cause of Cushing’s syndrome and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Differentiating between Cushing’s disease and ectopic Cushing’s syndrome may be particularly difficult if ...
Regina Streuli +7 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Cushing’s Disease with or without Hyperprolactinemia
International Journal of Endocrinology, 2014 Objective. We compared the characteristics of patients with Cushing’s disease alone with those of patients with Cushing’s disease and hyperprolactinemia. Methods. Eighty-four patients were enrolled between 2002 and 2011, in a hospital in China. Clinical,
Cheng Huan +4 more
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Diagnosis аnd neurosurgical treatment of Cushing’s disease
Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal, 2011 The informing of existing diagnostic methods was determined. The optimal algorithm for Cushing’s disease diagnostics was developed. The efficacy of neurosurgical treatment of pituitary adenomas at Cushing’s disease was estimated.
Aleksandr Guk +10 more
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Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports, 2016 We report here a pediatric patient whose Cushing's Disease was diagnosed late because of her cyclical presentation, presumably due to subclinical pituitary apoplexy.
Sara H. Rahman +5 more
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İstanbul Kuzey Klinikleri, 2019 INTRODUCTION[|]The purpose of this study is to assess the efficiency of inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) in the diagnosis of adrenocorticotropic hormone-dependent Cushing's disease and to compare it with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).[¤]METHODS[
Tumay Bekci +5 more
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Comorbidities in Cushing’s disease [PDF]
Pituitary, 2015 Cushing's disease is a rare disorder characterized by overproduction of ACTH from a pituitary adenoma leading to hypercortisolemia that in turn leads to increased morbidity and mortality.Here we review the comorbidities associated with Cushing's disease and their impact on quality of life and mortality.Recent evidence suggests that correction of ...
Sharma, ST, Nieman, LK, Feelders, R.A.
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi +5 more
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Cerrahpaşa Medical JournalObjective: This study investigated the influence of ectopic and pituitary Cushing’s syndrome, diagnosed by sampling the inferior petrosal sinus and cavernous sinus, on comorbidities and clinical complications. Methods: Medical records of patients with
Zehra Kara +3 more
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