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• Radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of Cushing's disease: an evidence-based review

  Created: Wednesday, 30 June 2010 11:53

  Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity: August 2010 - Volume 17 - Issue 4 - p 356–364 doi: 10.1097/MED.0b013e32833ab069 Neuroendocrinology: Edited by William H. Ludlam   Starke, Robert M; Williams, Brian J; Vance, Mary Lee; Sheeh...

• The 4-mg intravenous dexamethasone suppression test in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome

  Created: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 09:51

  Authors: Jung, Caroline; Alford, Frank P.; Topliss, Duncan J.; Burgess, John R.1; Long, Fiona2; Gome, James J.; Stockigt, Jim R.; Inder, Warrick J. Source: Clinical Endocrinology, Volume 73, Number 1, July 2010 , pp. 78-84(7) ...

• Adrenal incidentaloma: Does an adequate workup rule out surprises?

  Created: Monday, 28 June 2010 10:01

  Raymon H. Grogan, MD, Elliot Mitmaker, MD, Menno R. Vriens, MD, PhD, Avital Harari, MD, Jessica E. Gosnell, MD, Wen T. Shen, MD, Orlo H. Clark, MD, Quan-Yang Duh, MD Accepted 14 May 2010. published online 24 June 2010. Corrected Proof ...

• Atypical Cushing’s syndrome caused by ectopic ACTH secretion of an oesophageal adenocarcinoma

  Created: Sunday, 27 June 2010 16:43

  We present an atypical case of Cushing's syndrome caused ... Cushing's syndrome, ectopic ACTH secretion, oesophagus carcinoma. Case report at http://www.njmonline.nl/njm/getpdf.php?t=a&id=10000598...

• CAH (congenital adrenal hyperplasia) and Prenatal Dexamethasone

  Created: Thursday, 24 June 2010 10:06

  MountainQueen posted this on the Cushing's Help Boards.  She said: I came across this article about the clinical use of Dex for CAH carriers. After reading this article I remembered that NO ONE asked me if I was pregnant before I took the Dex test....

• Peri-operative management of Cushing’s disease

  Created: Monday, 21 June 2010 10:13

  PDF (180.7 KB) | HTML Dima AbdelMannan1, Warren R. Selman2  and Baha M. Arafah1, 3 Contact Information(1)      Division of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Medical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA M...

• Fluid-fluid level in pituitary tumors: analysis of management of 106 cases

  Created: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 05:43

  Goel A et al. – A fluid level within a fluid cavity in pituitary tumors is rarely reported but is not uncommon in large/giant tumors. The presence of such a feature suggests that surgery in these cases can be relatively straightforward despite the l...

• Cushing's: The ectopic ACTH syndrome

  Created: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 07:24

  Alexandraki KI et al. – Ectopic Cushing’s syndrome usually relates to the ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS) and represents 20% of ACTH–dependent and 10% of all types of Cushing’s syndrome (CS). Nearly any neuroendocrine or non–endocrine tumours may be...

• Body composition after endogenous (cushings syndrome) and exogenous (rheumatoid arthritis) exposure

  Created: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 07:19

  E. Resmini et al. – The aim of the study was to compare body composition in women exposed to endogenous hypercortisolism (Cushing's syndrome, CS), exogenous glucocorticoid treatment (rheumatoid arthritis, RA) and controls. Results of this study show t...

• Pituitary Cushing's: Nails go purple for Valentine

  Created: Sunday, 13 June 2010 00:00

  (Source: The Spokesman-Review)By Rainey Coffin, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Jun. 13--Madison Valentine, a pre-kindergartner at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d'Alene, loves purple -- and the whole school knows it. Earlier this year, V...

• Cortisone replacement therapy in endocrine disorders – quality of self-care

  Created: Tuesday, 08 June 2010 12:16

  Igor A. Harsch MD, 1 Andrea Schuller MD, 2 Eckhart G. Hahn MD 3 and Johannes Hensen MD 4 1 Associate Professor, Department of Medicine 1, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany2 M...

• Hirsutism: Diagnosis and management

  Created: Tuesday, 08 June 2010 09:28

  doi:10.1016/j.genm.2010.04.002 | How to Cite or Link Using DOICopyright © 2010 Excerpta Medica Inc. All rights reserved. Lindsey Ann Brodell MSa and Mary Gail Mercurio MD, a, a Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester School of Me...

• Mumbai docs cure Nigerian boy of rare disorder

  Created: Friday, 04 June 2010 15:09

  MUMBAI: Davies, a Nigerian, is a happy and relieved mother today. After all, her 10-year-old son can finally play with other boys in school during breaks, participate in football matches — and stop being hungry all the time. The previous Saturday, R...