Cushing's syndrome [electronic resource] : pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment / Marcello D. Bronstein, editor.
Cushing's syndrome is a relatively rare clinical disorder that is associated with many co-morbidities such as systemic hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, impaired immune function and growth impairment in children, all of which severely reduce quality of life and life expectancy. "Cushin...
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)
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Table of Contents:
- Physiology and pathophysiology of the HPA axis
- Etiologies of Cushing's syndrome
- Pathogenesis of corticotropic tumors
- Pathogenesis of adrenocortical tumors
- Clinical features of Cushing's syndrome
- Laboratorial diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome: differential diagnosis with pseudo Cushing's conditions as obesity, alcoholism and depression
- Laboratorial diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome: differential diagnosis among the different causes of ACTH-dependent and ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome
- Imaging for the differential diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome: MRI, CT, and isotopic scanning
- Inferior petrosal sampling for the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome
- The surgical management of Cushing's disease
- Adrenal-directed treatment options for Cushing's disease
- Radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for Cushing's disease
- Medical management of Cushing's syndrome
- ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome: clinical and diagnostic aspects, and treatment approaches for ectopic Cushing's syndrome
- Revisiting the Nelson's syndrome: corticotroph tumor progression after bilateral adrenalectomy in Cushing's disease
- ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome: adrenocortical tumors
- ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome: bilateral macronodular hyperplasia
- ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome: primary pigmented nodular adrenal disease in the context of Carney's complex
- Glucocorticoid resistance
- Post-operative replacement and assessment of HPA axis recovery in Cushing's syndrome
- Special aspects of Cushing's syndrome: pregnancy
- Special aspects of Cushing's syndrome: childhood
- Special aspects of Cushing's syndrome: cyclic Cushing's syndrome.