Petrosal sinus sampling with and without corticotropin-releasing hormone for the differential diagnosis of cushing's syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 13, 1991, Pages 897-905

  Oldfield, Edward H ^a   Doppman, John L ^b   Miller, Donald l ^b   Nieman, Lynnette K ^c   Chrousos, George P ^c   Cutler, Gordon B ^c   Loriaux, D Lynn ^c   Katz, David A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0026042714     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199109263251301     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Doppman J.L., Oldfield E.H., Krudy A.G., et al. Petrosal sinus sampling for Cushing syndrome: anatomical and technical considerations. Radiology 1984; 150:99-103
2. Doppman J.L., Krudy A.G., Girton M.E., Oldfield E.H. Basilar venous plexus of the posterior fossa: a potential source of error in petrosal sinus sampling. Radiology 1985; 155:375-8
3. Oldfield E.H., Chrousos G.P., Schulte H.M., et al. Preoperative lateralization of ACTH-secreting pituitary microadenomas by bilateral and simultaneous inferior petrosal venous sinus sampling. N Engl J Med 1985; 312:100-3
4. Chrousos G.P., Schuermeyer T.H., Doppman J., et al. Clinical applications of corticotropin-releasing factor. Ann Intem Med 1985; 102:344-58
5. Grant S.J.B., Stiel J.N., Sorby W.A., Henniker A.J. Venous ACTH sampling in Cushing#x0027;s syndrome. Med J Aust 1983; 1:336-7
6. Manni A., Latshaw R.F., Page R., Santen R.J. Simultaneous bilateral venous sampling for adrenocorticotropin in pituitary dependent Cushing#x0027;s disease: evidence for lateralization of pituitary venous drainage. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1983; 57:1070-3
7. Landolt A.M., Valavanis A., Girard J., Eberle A.N. Corticotropin-releasing factor-test used with bilateral simultaneous inferior petrosal sinus blood sampling for the diagnosis of pituitary-dependent Cushing#x0027;s disease. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1986; 25:687-96
8. Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital (Case 52–1987). N Engl J Med 1987; 317:1648-58
9. Schulte H.M., Allolio B., Gunther R.W., et al. Bilaterale und simultane Katheterisierung des Sinus petrosus inferior beim Cushing-Syndrom. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 1987; 112:1767-71
10. Snow R.B., Patterson R.H. Jr., Horwith M., Saint Louis L., Fraser R.A. Usefulness of preoperative inferior petrosal vein sampling in Cushing#x0027;s disease. Surg Neurol 1988; 29:17-21
11. Doppman J.L., Nieman L., Miller D.L., et al. Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome: localization studies in 28 patients. Radiology 1989; 172:115-24
12. Erratum, Radiology 1989; 173:286
13. Doppman J.L., Travis W.D., Nieman L., et al. Cushing syndrome due to pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease: findings at CT and MR imaging. Radiology 1989; 172:415-20
14. Kao M., Voina K.S., Nichols A., Horion R. Parallel radioimmunoassay for plasma cortisol and 11-deoxycortisol. Clin Chem 1975; 21:1644-7
15. Chrousos G.P., Schulte H.M., Oldfield E.H., Gold P.W., Cutler G.B. Jr., Loriaux D.L. The corticotropin-releasing factor stimulation test: an aid in the evaluation of patients with Cushing#x0027;s syndrome. N Engl J Med 1984; 310:622-6
16. Liddle G.W. Tests of pituitary-adrenal suppressibility in the diagnosis of Cushing#x0027;s syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1960; 20:1539-60
17. Nieman L.K., Chrousos G.P., Oldfield E.H., Avgerinos P.C., Cutler G.B. Jr., Loriaux D.L. The ovine corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test and the dexamethasone suppression test in the differential diagnosis of Cushing#x0027;s syndrome. Ann Intern Med 1986; 105:862-7
18. Crapo L. Cushing#x0027;s syndrome: a review of diagnostic tests. Metabolism 1979; 28:955-77
19. Dunnick N.R., Schaner E.G., Doppman J.L., Strott C.A., Gill J.R., Javadpour N. Computed tomography in adrenal tumors. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1979; 132:43-6
20. Dunnick N.R., Doppman J.L., Gill J.R. Jr., Strott C.A., Keiser H.R., Brennan M.F. Localization of functional adrenal tumors by computed tomography and venous sampling. Radiology 1982; 142:429-33
21. Doppman J.L., Miller D.L., Dwyer A.J., et al. Macronodular adrenal hyperplasia in Cushing disease. Radiology 1988; 166:347-52
22. Carpenter P.C. Cushing#x0027;s syndrome: an update of diagnosis and management. Mayo Clin Proc 1986; 61:49-58
23. Loriaux D.L., Cutler G.B. Jr. Diseases of the adrenal glands. In: Kohler PO, ed. Clinical endocrinology. New York: John Wiley, 1986: 167-238
24. Oldfield E.H., Chrousos G.P., Nieman L.K., et al. Inferior petrosal venous sinus sampling in lateralization of ACTH-secreting pituitary microadenomas. N Engl J Med 1985; 312:1457-8
25. Saris S.C., Patronas N., Doppman J.L., et al. Cushing#x0027;s syndrome: pituitary CT scanning. Radiology 1987; 162:775-7
26. Dwyer A.J., Frank J.A., Doppman J.L., et al. Pituitary adenomas in patients with Cushing disease: initial experience with Gd-DTPA-enhanced MR imaging. Radiology 1987; 163:421-6
27. Marcovitz S., Wee R., Chan J., Hardy J. The diagnostic accuracy of preoperative CT scanning in the evaluation of pituitary ACTH-secreting adenomas. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1987; 149:803-6
28. Doppman J.L., Frank J.A., Dwyer A.J., et al. Gadolinium DTPA enhanced MR imaging of ACTH-secreting microadenomas of the pituitary gland. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1988; 12:728-35
29. Peck W.W., Dillon W.P., Norman D., Newton T.H., Wilson C.B. High-resolution MR imaging of microadenomas at 1.5T: experience with Cushing disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1988; 152:145-51
30. Burrow G.N., Wortzman G., Rewcastle N.B., Holgate R.C., Kovacs K. Micro-adenomas of the pituitary and abnormal sellar tomograms in an unselected autopsy series. N Engl J Med 1981; 304:156-8
31. Parent A.D., Bebin J., Smith R.R. Incidental pituitary adenomas. J Neurosurg 1981; 54:228-31
32. Chambers E.F., Turski P.A., LaMasters D., Newton T.H. Regions of low density in the contrast-enhanced pituitary gland: normal and pathologic processes. Radiology 1982; 144:109-13
33. Brown S.B., Irwin K.M., Enzmann D.R. CT characteristics of the normal pituitary gland. Neuroradiology 1983; 24:259-62
34. Muller O.A., Stalla G.K., von Werder K. Corticotropin releasing factor: a new tool for the differential diagnosis of Cushing#x0027;s syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1983; 57:227-9
35. Lytras N., Grossman A., Perry L., et al. Corticotropin releasing factor: responses in normal subjects and patients with disorders of the hypothalamus and pituitary. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1984; 20:71-84
36. Muller O.A., Hartwimmer J., Hauer A., et al. Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF): stimulation in normal controls and in patients with Cushing#x0027;s syndrome. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1986; 11:49-60
37. Chrousos G.P., Schuermeyer T.H., Doppman J.L., et al. Clinical applications of corticotropin-releasing factor. Ann Intern Med 1985; 102:344-58
38. Hermus A.R., Pieters G.F., Pesman G.J., Smals A.G., Benraad T.J., Kloppenborg P.W. The corticotropin-releasing-hormone test versus the high-dose dexamethasone test in the differential diagnosis of Cushing#x0027;s syndrome. Lancet 1986; 2:540-4
39. Nieman L.K., Cutler G.B. Jr., Oldfield E.H., Loriaux D.L., Chrousos G.P. The ovine corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) stimulation test is superior to the human CRH stimulation test for the diagnosis of Cushing#x0027;s disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1989; 69:165-9
40. Strott C.A., Nugent C.A., Tyler F.H. Cushing#x0027;s syndrome caused by bronchial adenomas. Am J Med 1968; 44:97-104
41. Mason A.M.S., Ratcliffe J.G., Buckle R.M., Mason A.S. ACTH secretion by bronchial carcinoid tumours. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1972; 1:3-25
42. Orth D.N., DeBold C.R., DeChemey G.S., et al. Pituitary microadenomas causing Cushing#x0027;s disease respond to corticotropin-releasing factor. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1982; 55:1017-9
43. Nakahara M., Shibasaki T., Shizume K., et al. Corticotropin-releasing factor test in normal subjects and patients with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal disorders. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1983; 57:963-8
44. Pieters G.F.F.M., Hermus A.R.M.M., Smals A.G.H., Bartelink A.K.M., Benraad T.J., Kloppenborg P.W.C. Responsiveness of the hypophyseal-adrenocortical axis to corticotropin-releasing factor in pituitary-dependent Cushing#x0027;s disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1983; 57:513-6
45. Hermus A.R., Pieters G.F., Pesman G.J., Smals A.G., Benraad T.J., Kloppenborg P.W. Responsivity of adrenocorticotropin to corticotropin-releasing hormone and lack of suppressibility by dexamethasone are related phenomena in Cushing#x0027;s disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1986; 62:634-9
46. Corrigan D.F., Schaaf M., Whaley R.A., Czerwinski C.L., Earll J.M. Selective venous sampling to differentiate ectopic ACTH secretion from pituitary Cushing#x0027;s syndrome. N Engl J Med 1977; 296:861-2
47. von Werder K., Scriba P.C. Jugular vein sampling of ACTH. N Engl J Med 1977; 297:730
48. Kley H.K., Stolze T., Krüskemper H.L. Jugular vein sampling of ACTH. NEngl J Med 1977; 297:731
49. Schaaf M., Corrigan D.F., Whaley R.A., Czerwinski C.L., Earll J.M. Jugular vein sampling of ACTH. N Engl J Med 1977; 297:730-1
50. Findling J.W., Aron D.C., Tyrrell J.B., et al. Selective venous sampling for ACTH in Cushing#x0027;s syndrome: differentiation between Cushing#x0027;s disease and the ectopic ACTH syndrome. Ann Intern Med 1981; 94:647-52