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• Ectopic corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) syndrome from metastatic small cell carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

  Created: Tuesday, 31 August 2010 13:16

  Cushing's Syndrome (CS) which is caused by isolated Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) production, rather than adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) production, is extremely rare.Methods: We describe the clinical presentation, course, laboratory values and pathol...

• High Prevalence of Normal Tests Assessing Hypercortisolism in Subjects with Mild and Episodic Cushing's Syndrome Suggests that the Paradigm for Diagnosis and Exclusion of Cushing's Syndrome Requires Multiple Testing

  Created: Tuesday, 31 August 2010 12:58

  T. C. Friedman1, D. E. Ghods1, H. K. Shahinian2, L. Zachery1, N. Shayesteh1, S. Seasholtz1, E. Zuckerbraun1, M. L. Lee1, I. E. McCutcheon31 Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los...

• Cushing's Disease and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Case Report and Review of Underlying Pathophysiological Mechanisms

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 11:37

  Gabriel Zada*, Amir Tirosh, Ursula B. Kaiser, Edward R. Laws,  and Whitney W. WoodmanseeDepartment of Neurosurgery (G.Z., E.R.L.) and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension (A.T., U.B.K., W.W.W.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medi...

• Recurrence of Cushing’s Disease Preceded by the Reappearance of ACTH and Cortisol Responses to Desmopressin Test

  Created: Thursday, 12 August 2010 09:47

  Chiara Dall’Asta, Laura Barbetta, Luigi Bonavina, Paolo Beck-Peccoz and Bruno Ambrosi   Download PDF (2.2 MB) View HTML   At present no single test is considered of absolute value in identifying patients successfully operated for Cushing's disea...

• Cabergoline monotherapy in the long-term treatment of Cushing's disease

  Created: Thursday, 12 August 2010 09:03

  Ariane Godbout, Marcos Paulo Manavela, Karina Danilowicz, Hugues Beauregard, Oscar Domingo Bruno and André LacroixA Godbout, Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal, Montreal, CanadaM Manavela, Endocrinology, Hospital de Clínicas, ...

• Bone age and factors affecting skeletal maturation at diagnosis of paediatric Cushing’s disease

  Created: Monday, 09 August 2010 09:30

  Shrikrishna V. Acharya, Raju A. Gopal, Anurag Lila, Padma S. Menon, Tushar R. Bandgar and Nalini S. Shah   Download PDF (174.1 KB) View HTML   Abstract Paediatric Cushing’s disease (CD) is usually associated with growth retardation...

• Spontaneous Remission of Cushing's Disease — Report of a Case

  Created: Sunday, 08 August 2010 13:44

  This article has no abstract; the first 100 words appear below. SINCE Cushing1 called attention to the syndrome that now bears his name, it has been recognized that the clinical manifestations of Cushing's disease are associated with adrenocortical hyp...

• Investigating and Modelling Pituitary Endocrine Network Function

  Created: Thursday, 05 August 2010 19:09

  David J. Hodson 1,2,3,4 , François Molino 1,2,3,4 , Pierre Fontanaud 1,2,3,4 , Xavier Bonnefont 1,2,3,4 and Patrice Mollard 1,2,3,4 1 Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Functional Genomics, Montpellier 34094, France ; 2 Centre...

• Pituitary Adenomas In Childhood, Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Presentation, Management, Endocrine and Metabolic Outcomes.

  Created: Thursday, 05 August 2010 09:06

  Caroline A Steele, Ian MacFarlane, Jo Blair, Daniel J Cuthbertson, Mohammed Didi, Conor Mallucci, Mohsen Javadpour and Christina DaousiC Steele, Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinical Research Unit, University Hospital Aintree NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpo...

• Cushing Syndrome: A Rare Occurrence in Pregnancy

  Created: Thursday, 05 August 2010 08:59

  Mundra, Vishal MD; Solorzano, Carmen C. MD, FACS; DeSantis, Pascual MD This is a case of a 32-year-old woman who presented to the clinic at 11 weeks of gestation after she was found to have an adrenal mass during the work up of hypertension. An MRI pri...

• Iatrogenic Cushing's Syndrome due to Coadministration of Ritonavir and Inhaled Budesonide in an Asthmatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patient.

  Created: Wednesday, 04 August 2010 15:51

  J Asthma. 2010 Jul 26. [Epub ahead of print] Kedem E, Shahar E, Hassoun G, Pollack S. Institute of Clinical Immunology, Allergy and AIDS, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. Abstract Introduction. Iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome (CS) is caus...

• Mifepristone decreases depression-like behavior and modulates neuroendocrine and central hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis responsiveness to stress

  Created: Monday, 02 August 2010 20:01

  Aynara C. Wulsina1, James P. Hermanab2, Matia B. Solomona Received 4 August 2009; received in revised form 16 January 2010; accepted 19 January 2010. Summary Glucocorticoid dyshomeostasis is observed in a proportion of depressed individuals. As...