Bilateral adrenalectomy: Lifesaving procedure in severe cushing syndrome

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Han, Jennifer Y ^a   Mirsadraei, Leili ^a   Yeh, Michael W ^a   Suh, Jeffrey D ^a   Yong, William H ^a   Bergsneider, Marvin ^a   Heaney, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CORTICOTROPIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; KETOCONAZOLE; OCTREOTIDE; POTASSIUM; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CRANIOTOMY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIPHORA; ESTHESIONEUROBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASAL BIOPSY; NECK; NEUROBLASTOMA; NOSE CONGESTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PUS; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84864658777     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP11315.CR     Document Type: Article

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