Severe myopathy and psychosis in a patient with Cushing's disease macroadenoma

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Tran, Minou ^a   Elias, Alan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; Ectopic ACTH; Myopathy; Opportunistic infection; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FATALITY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 0345414116     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(03)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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