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Introduction The aim of this paper is to report a case of a patient coming to the attention of the general dentist for TMD pain, limited mouth opening, and headache, for which the prescription of a blood test and an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) led to the incidental diagnosis of a microadenoma of the pituitary gland. Case Presentation A 15‐year‐old
Raluca Draghici +4 more
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Background Endogenous Cushing’s syndrome, a rare endocrine disorder, characterised by chronic cortisol hypersecretion, results in neuropsychiatric disturbances and in cognitive deficits, which are only partially reversible after the biochemical remission
Malgorzata Monika Brzozowska +3 more
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The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in critical illness [PDF]
Plasma ACTH and cortisol concentrations are frequently elevated in patients in intensive care units (ICU). To examine the functional integrity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis during critical illness, we evaluated prospectively 53 ICU patients ...
Allolio, B. +3 more
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Control of pituitary adenoma cell proliferation by somatostatin analogs, dopamine agonists and novel chimeric compounds [PDF]
The antisecretory effects of somatostatin (SRIH) and its analogs are widely recognized and provide the basis for treatment of hormonal hypersecretion in patients with pituitary adenomas, especially in the settings of acromegaly.
Ambrosio, Maria Rosaria +3 more
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Symptom Profiles and Psychosocial Features in Atypical Depression: A Comparative Study
Background Atypical depression (AD) has been proposed to be a specific subtype of major depressive disorder (MDD) that differs to other subtypes in symptom profiles and potentially in biological and psychosocial features. Relative to other subtypes, such as melancholic MDD (MEL), AD remains underexplored, particularly concerning psychosocial factors ...
Lauren Blunstone +5 more
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Somatostatin and dopamine receptors as targets for medical treatment of Cushing's Syndrome [PDF]
Somatostatin (SS) and dopamine (DA) receptors are widely expressed in neuroendocrine tumours that cause Cushing's Syndrome (CS). Increasing knowledge of specific subtype expression within these tumours and the ability to target these receptor subtypes ...
A Colao +115 more
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Introduction The prevalence of acne among adult women is increasing, and androgens play an important role in its pathogenesis. This study aimed to evaluate the short‐term efficacy and safety of low‐dose isotretinoin combined with spironolactone, diammonium glycyrrhizinate, or both in the treatment of women with moderate‐to‐severe acne and ...
Xinyi Jing +4 more
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Medical treatment of Cushing's disease: Overview and recent findings
Stephanie Smooke Praw1, Anthony P Heaney1,21Department of Medicine, 2Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USAAbstract: Cushing's disease, due to pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH ...
Stephanie Smooke Praw, Anthony P Heaney
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Plurihormonal Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors: Clinical Relevance of Immunohistochemical Analysis
Plurihormonal pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are rare forms of tumors that express more than one hormone. The most common association is between growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL), but other unusual combinations have been reported, such ...
Roxana-Ioana Dumitriu-Stan +6 more
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Pituitary adenomas are neoplasms of the anterior pituitary lobe and account for 15-20% of all intracranial tumors. Although most pituitary tumors are benign they can cause severe symptoms related to tumor size as well as hypopituitarism and/or ...
Hande Demir +6 more
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