The role of bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling in the diagnostic evaluation of Cushing syndrome

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-138

  Deipolyi, Amy ^a   Karaosmanoǧlu, Ali ^a   Habito, Cicero ^a   Brannan, Scott ^a   Wicky, Stephan ^a   Hirsch, Joshua ^a   Oklu, Rahmi ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma; Cushing syndrome; Inferior petrosal sinus sampling

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFERIOR PETROSAL SINUS; LUNG EMBOLISM; NAUSEA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYNCOPE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERTIGO;

CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING;

EID: 84855463147     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.4279-11.0     Document Type: Review

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