A corticotroph pituitary adenoma as the initial presentation of familial glucocorticoid deficiency

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-199

  Benoit, Isabelle ^a   Drui, Delphine ^a   Chaillous, Lucy ^a   Dupas, Benoît ^b   Mosnier, Jean François ^b   Charbonnel, Bernard ^a   Carlou, Bertrand ^a,c  

^a L INSTITUT DU THORAX   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; TETRACOSACTIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ACTH SECRETING CELL; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; GLUCOCORTICOSTEROID DEFICIENCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MORNING DOSAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; ADENOMA; BLOOD; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RECESSIVE GENE;

ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 67650740050     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0100     Document Type: Article

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