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Hipertensión arterial secundaria a enfermedad de Cushing. Reporte de Caso
Hypertension secondary to Cushing´s Disease. Report of a clinical case

Cambios rev. méd; 23 (1), 2024
INTRODUCCIÓN: La Enfermedad de Cushing es una de las causas menos prevalentes de hipertensión arterial secundaria (HTA) (0,7 a 2,4 casos por millón de personas), sin embargo conlleva un aumento de la morbi-mortalidad que se relaciona con el tiempo de exposición al exceso de corticoides 6, lo cual rep...

Incidentalomas o no incidentalomas: ¿cuál es la relevancia de los adenomas hipofisarios en el adulto?
Incidentalomas or Non-Incidentalomas: What is the Relevance of Pituitary Adenomas in the Adult?

Introducción: desde el punto de vista anatómico, los adenomas hipofisarios (AH) se observan en el 10% de la población. Son en su mayoría pequeños y no funcionantes. La mayoría de los incidentalomas descubiertos en estudios de imágenes con alta resolución pedidos en situaciones clínica...

Cushing disease due to a somatic USP8 mutation in a patient with evolving pituitary hormone deficiencies due to a germline GH1 splicing variant

SUMMARY We present the unique case of an adult Brazilian woman with severe short stature due to growth hormone deficiency with a heterozygous G to T substitution in the donor splice site of intron 3 of the growth hormone 1 (GH1) gene (c.291+1G>T). In this autosomal dominant form of growth hormone defi...

Doença de cushing e hipertensão arterial: relato de caso

Rev. bras. hipertens; 28 (1), 2021
Caso clínico de VNS, 23 anos, sexo feminino, branca, solteira, estudante, natural e procedente de São Paulo- SP com queixa de “pressão alta” há 4 anos. A paciente foi encaminhada para consulta ambulatorial após ter sido atendida em pronto-socorro (PS) com cefaleia, tonturas e pressão arterial (...

Sampling of the petrosal sinuses. Indications, results and usefulness

Acta méd. colomb; 45 (4), 2020
Abstract Objectives: to analyze, evaluate and describe the usefulness of petrosal sinus sampling for diagnosing central Cushing's syndrome. Materials and methods: the technical aspects and results of bilateral venous sampling of the petrosal sinuses at the Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul in ...

Long-term outcome after bilateral adrenalectomy in Cushing's disease with focus on Nelson's syndrome

ABSTRACT Objective We analyzed the clinical, biochemical, and imaging findings of adrenalectomized patients with Cushing's disease (CD) in order to compare the characteristics of those who developed Nelson's syndrome (NS) versus those who did not develop this complication (NNS), aiming to identify poss...

Sella turcica 3t magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of cushing's disease in children: two case reports

ABSTRACT Objective: To present two clinical cases of pediatric Cushing disease caused by adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting pituitary adenomas, which were diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging using 3 Tesla technology. Case description: Two cases of Cushing disease in 9-year-old children are rep...

Remisión espontánea de acromegalia y enfermedad de Cushing en adultos mayores: casos clínicos

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (7), 2018
Pituitary diseases such as acromegaly and Cushing's disease require surgical or medical therapy. In some functioning pituitary tumors, a spontaneous remission of hormonal hypersecretion is observed, mainly associated to apoplexy or pituitary infarction. We report the evolution of two female patients olde...

A review of Cushing's disease treatment by the Department of Neuroendocrinology of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism

ABSTRACT The treatment objectives for a patient with Cushing's disease (CD) are remission of hypercortisolism, adequate management of co-morbidities, restoration of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, preservation of fertility and pituitary function, and improvement of visual defects in cases of mac...

Incidencia de enfermedades endocrinas en caninos entre los años 2013-2016 en un hospital veterinario universitario de Chile

It has been shown that there is an association between air pollution and cardiovascular mortality. In bone pathology, studies show that air pollution is associated with a risk of developing osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture associated with MP2.5 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2 ). The aim of our study was ...